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A U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views on social media.

Aliya Rahman said she was brought to a detention centre where she was denied medical care and lost consciousness. The Department of Homeland Security said she was an agitator who was obstructing ICE agents conducting arrests in the area.

That video is the latest in a deluge of online content that documents an intensifying immigration crackdown across the midwestern city, as thousands of federal agents make arrests amid protests against what local officials have likened to a "federal invasion."

Rahman says she was on her way to a routine appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when she encountered federal immigration agents at an intersection. Video appears to show agents shouting commands over a cacophony of whistles, car horns and screams from protesters.

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[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 40 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

To anyone who didn’t vote last year because they didn’t like the democrats position to a 100%:

I hope you are happy with what you have enabled. You must feel quite clever right now❤️

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

200 NGOs Oppose Biden’s Historic Expansion of ICE Detention System: "Detention should not be about politics."

ICE records show Biden admin plans could give Trump a head start on deportations

President Biden Signs Anti-Immigrant Spending Bill Reaching Trump-Era Highs

Biden’s Emergency Funding Proposal Seeks $14 Billion for Immigration System From Congress

Tom Homan - Border Czar was originally appointed by Obama

Keep in mind, these democrat moves to bolster ICE were happening while the right was blatantly telegraphing their moves to immediately weaponize ICE once they took power. Project 2025 came out and promised to use ICE to plunder and abuse Americans. Biden and team then spent the next 4 years not only failing to prepare for Trump, but preemptively strengthening the mechanisms Trump would eventually use to carry out project 2025. The democrats are controlled opposition.

Sure, maybe we wouldnt be seeing this intense of immigration enforcement if Kamala were in charge, but if she were, she'd be working behind the scenes to ensure the right had all the tools they needed when the time was right.

The democrats are controlled opposition and the American electoral system is kabuki theater. The fascist descent is the only logical conclusion to the American political experiment- which was predicated on the wholesale genocide of Native American Indians and quickly pivoted to enslaving an entire continent.

You realize what the only logical conclusion to your "pragmatic liberal utilitarianism" is, right? I give it 4 years before youre chiding leftists for not voting for dem candidate Ted Cruz as he campaigns against republican candidate Mecha Hitler. Youll still see nothing wrong with that. You will sell out the victims of American Imperialism to buy yourself 4 more years of political waffling - just as you did with Palestinians.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If they had stopped money to ICE it would have been all over the airwaves. “Dems soft on immigration”.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

And if you've reached a point in your political experiment where the only viable "opposition" party is obligated to massively fund fascist brownshirts in order to stay relevant, your experiment has lost legitimacy and must be dismantled.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I hate the establishment Dems, neo-liberals suck. But I still voted for them because the actual Fascists and Nazis were unconscionable.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's like a choice between getting a cavity and getting curb stomped.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world -3 points 3 hours ago

Hey shitbird. ♥️

Encouraging those people to rise up and act:

✅ Helpful!

Shaming and mocking people for choosing their conscience instead of understanding game theory, well over a year ago:

❌ Being a shitbird

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

They never tell the truth. Everyone they kidnap and assault is protester in their mind.

[–] boogiebored@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

ICE in background trying to cover cameras.

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 111 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Jews dragged from their homes by Gestapo were German citizens also.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 51 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

The migrant vs citizen thing is the thinnest of pretences.

Sooner or later theyll just say theyre getting rid of anyone they dont like, say something about purity or whatever.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

You didn't catch when they called her an "agitator"? Pure, uncut fascism.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 25 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They are already mounting a Supreme Court Challenge to birthright Citizenship, and reviewing citizenship documentation for others.

Bottom line: If you weren't BORN here of American citizens parents, they want you gone.

When they're done dealing with those people, they'll start looking at other demographic groups.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 14 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Bottom line: If you weren’t BORN here of American citizens parents, they want you gone.

Except for Musk and Melania and all of their in group.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I mean. Hitler was born in Austria.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 7 hours ago

Oh yeah, if SCOTUS kills Birthright Citizenship, then all of his anchor babies need to leave, too, even those with his first immigrant wife. Only Tiffany can stay.

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

They already claimed they wanted 150M deportations. i.e. anyone who isnt white.

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Nazi ideology in-a-nutshell.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 107 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

So ICE have murdered one person, shot another, thrown a flash bang and tear gas into a car full of children who then had to be hospitalized, attacked high schools where they beat staff and gassed students, gassed protestors, gone door to door breaking into houses and dragging out the occupants to be disappeared, pointed guns directly at citizens' heads... and that's just what one Canadian has seen from Minneapolis in the last few days. I have friends in Minneapolis and it pains me to see that great city being terrorized daily by this fascist government.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 7 hours ago

Don't forget about the person they permanently blinded the other day

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They murdered way more than that, no one gave a shit about the murders until it happened to a white lady. And really they been murdering for years. They just do the standard shithead “I’m technically within the letter of the rules so you can’t tell on me” shit where they game the system (that they set up).

Case in point: the tactic used by the guy who shot the white lady was not one of the recent hires. He’d been with ice for years and before that with border patrol. So why is he stepping in front of cars, especially when apparently he had an incident stepping behind a car somewhat recently that almost caused him grave injury? Oh and also it’s against DHS policy for agents to stand in front of, behind, or reach into vehicles:

People make mistakes but surely someone went over policy while debriefing the incident where he got dragged by a car or whatever. So why’d he do it again? Oh probably because border patrol does it regularly because if they purposely put themselves in danger it gives them an excuse to use lethal force with plausible deniability and basically never gets looked into because the overwhelming majority of the US populace couldn’t give a single shit about brown people being murdered:

Also note that in this internal review cbp points out what many have pointed out in the aftermath of this: a bullet won’t stop a car, shooting at a car runs a tremendous risk of hitting other people as it’s likely to be in a populated area, and even if you’re successful in incapacitating or killing the driver you’ve basically just created a several thousand pound missile that’s still barreling towards you (and others) with no feasible way to stop safely (which is exactly what happened here. Also note this review finds 15 cases of discharge, several of which resulted in occupants being struck.

This shit has been going on for ages and the apathy towards it in the past is part of what created the conditions for it. It’s escalating, for sure, but it’s not new at all

[–] Soulg@ani.social 16 points 7 hours ago

Lots of people cared, the media just barely touched it so most people didn't know. I do appreciate you spreading the information because more people do need to learn about it.

Abolish DHS/ICE immediately and lock up anyone even remotely related. And probably hang Kristy Gnome.

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago

Every single one of these motherfuckers deserve a violent death.

[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

enough of this illegal racist GOP-sponsored brutality!

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social -2 points 9 hours ago

I agree.

Maybe another No Kings rally where we have even more cleverly written signs and chants that rhyme will get them to stop.

Maybe hundreds more people recording on the sidelines from their cell phones instead of directly intervening while people are begging for their lives as they are ripped from their cars should do the trick.

Maybe waggling our middle fingers impotently at them while they detain Native Americans and brown-skinned citizens doing routine shopping or as the gestapo goes door-to-door will deter them.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 11 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Ok, I will say it: this is nothing new. Even the scale is not that new. During the protests after George Floyd murder we have seen police shoot rubber bullets at people indiscriminately, 20 people suffered serious eye injuries. In 2024 police killed 1200 people. Between 2022 and 2024 15.000 people died in prisons. We have seen police target random people for illegal stops all the time, they would arrest people under false pretenses (arresting only for resisting arrest for example) all the time, drag people out of their cars, beat them up and torture them all the time and they would almost never face any consequences. Yet watching videos from ICE raids it looks like people still believe the are somehow protected from violence, that ICE will respect their rights, that if they are US citizen they have some immunity to all this. Were people ignorant of all the police violence all this time? Don't they realize ICE can and will simply kidnap them, beat them up and drop them off somewhere without consequences? Because they do look surprised when it happens when it's the least surprising thing there is. It's shocking, yes, police violence in US was always shocking, but it's not surprising. Would you be surprised that a biker gang beat you up after you insulted them?

My point is that if you're interacting with ICE you should be aware that they will murder you if then can find an excuse and that you don't have any rights. If you're protesting protest peacefully and avoid interactions. If you want to confront them do it like you would confront a violent street gang. It's baffling that people get tough with ICE and then are surprised they got hurt.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

She should have leaned on the horn until their ears burst. Knowing ICE, I've got to wonder why she didn't take off when it was clear they weren't letting her through. Was a detour not possible?

[–] Bonifratz@piefed.zip 15 points 10 hours ago

Did you miss what happened to the last person who tried to get off in her car?