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An ICE hotline set up to allow reports of crimes committed by "criminal aliens" has had a close encounter with trolls:
The administration set up the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office on Wednesday, in accordance with President Trump's executive order in January. The office, folded within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, aims to "assist victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens," according to the Department of Homeland Security.
"Alien" is a term used by the federal government to describe individuals who are not American citizens but who reside on U.S. soil. [...] Despite the line's intended purpose, callers have been reporting a range of abnormal activity.
1-855-48-VOICE to report all your encounters w/ illegal martians, rude Sasquatch, unleashed Texas Blue Hounds, Springheel Jack. Goblin army.
— Kathleen Dennis (@chelseabmw) April 27, 2017
ICE denounced the calls, saying such actions hurt victims of real crimes. Callers have even mentioned spotting "muggle-borns," a term from the "Harry Potter" book series referring to magical characters with non-magical parents.
Also at The Atlantic and CNN. Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:28AM (1 child)
Ironically one could easily argue that by refusing to inforce the border laws you are actually making things worse for Mexicans [youtube.com], because by allowing a good chunk of the most motivated to leave the country
One can easily say all kinds of bullshit because bullshit is the easiest thing to say.
The people coming to the US are the "most motivated" because they are the poorest, and being the poorest they have least ability to exert political pressure, especially in a corrupt regime.
However, the facts of history have shown that stepping up of border enforcement had the effect of drawing the "most motivated" out of mexico and keeping them in the US because when border crossing is difficult then the people who make it across choose to stay permanently rather than risk it a second time. Unintended consequences.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday April 30 2017, @04:39PM
"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
MOTHER OF EXILES. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--