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The deaths of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti have shaken up the conversation about how states should respond to immigration crackdowns across the country.

Some Democratic leaders have vowed to hold federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers accountable — even charging them with crimes.

However, after Trump took office last year, many red states jumped to support the president's mass deportation efforts.

In Tennessee, the state provides grants to law enforcement agencies that work with ICE. Since that was passed last year, the number of sheriff's offices and police departments that have signed a formal agreement with ICE has skyrocketed.

Now, Republican lawmakers in the state are considering making that voluntary program involuntary as part of a bigger immigration package. Kentucky lawmakers are moving in the same direction.

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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thank you Republicans for showing us which states to fly over 🫡

[–] Zier@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

And release the contents of the aircraft toilet tanks.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I've already skipped attending events in those states even though I've attended annually for 25 years.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Fucking disgusting

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Bootlickers. I guess we'll see how that works out for them

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it's the states that the Nazis don't care about harassing, there's more undocumented immigrants in Texas than almost any other state but they don't care

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I believe they do care, because they:

A. Don’t want trouble in their own backyards B. Are aware of the lax gun laws in Texas and other red states C. Are all in to ‘punish’ blue states, as well as recon said states for upcoming election intimidation and interference

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 8 points 2 months ago

I say, let them have ICE. They should go where they are wanted.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Republican states are rolling out the red carpet because ICE hasn't come to their states and started executing their citizens. Yet.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Then they will join them. The lines of the upcoming civil war can be drawn by plotting these agreements on a map.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Great. Red States want carnage. I say they should get it.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but they’re targeting the blue cities. They aren’t trying to hurt their country bumpkins.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean there are kids there who don't deserve any of this

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And those kids will grow up to be angry about it. But I want ICE in the red and not the blue.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No I want ICE to be in no states. I want ICE abolished and tried for crimes against humanity so those kids don't have to grow up angry about it. Kids shouldn't have to grow up angry about anything but kid stuff. A better world is possible.

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 1 points 2 months ago
[–] bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The article says "There is no structural or blanket barrier to states bringing a criminal prosecution against federal officials."

This is good news. I was hoping there would be at least one example of it being used. Does anyone know if this idea has been tested via any cases in the past?

I wonder if the Institute for Justice will take up any of these cases on an individual level?