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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: 3, Informative) by Hairyfeet on Sunday April 30 2017, @01:36AM (4 children)
I'll just leave this abridged list here [immigrationshumancost.org] which has but a fraction of those murdered by illegals.
We have one of the most lax immigration policies of the entire western world, its not too much to ask to have those that want to come into this country do the small amount required of them to become legal immigrants. 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 there is no pressure on the corrupt regime to do anything to clean up the cesspool run by narco-terrorists that Mexico has become.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @02:06AM (1 child)
"Hello? ICE Alien Hotline? Yes, I have a possible illegal alien to report. He can be found sometimes at SoylentNews, and goes by the handle "Hairyfeet", which is only one of the reasons I think he might be an alien. He also has "challenged" normal earth-people, and has what can only be described as an extra-terrestrial love for Microsoft. I mean, only an alien would do that, right? Please send someone to capture this FeetofHair thing as soon as you can, I think it may be multiplying. Thank you. Signed, concerned citizen."
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 30 2017, @05:21AM
Sounds more like a Hobbit than an illegal immigrant. The only one I've ever heard of who manages to make a daily second-breakfast out of his own foot of course :D
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(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!"
The Musk/Trump interview appears to have been hacked, but not a DDOS hack...more like A Distributed Denial of Reality.