Today I learned that the Department of Homeland Security runs Emergency Relief Operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota where they have assigned a Deportation Officer.
Why does an Emergency Relief Operation need a Deportation Officer?
It seems like we need, more than ever, to disband and disarm Border Control. Maybe make a new agency, and forbid it to hire anyone at all from the old snakepit.
I would guess this is due to the large Somali population in Minneapolis.
I don’t know how recent, but in the past there have been issues where Somalis in MN were discovered assisting, directly funding, attempting to join ISIS.
Yes, ~63 people from a single terrorist group, according to a single report, back in 2015.
DHS obviously has more than one job.
I mean, we're also talking about a place with the 30th busiest airport on the planet, with an international border, and a large international port. Of course the federal law enforcement agency tasked with enforcing laws regarding those activities has an office there.
I have learned to take judgments from DHS about people's intentions with great and well-deserved skepticism. It is common and normal for Muslims to join together in study groups, and we have numerous published examples of FBI coercing people to join and then try to radicalize these groups so that they can be labeled terrorists. Sometimes the FBI even supplied weapons. Most members of any of these groups have no interest in violence, but all get tarred for membership if any do.
It is routine for law enforcement to lie, and to coerce people under their control to lie, to serve whatever narrative their boss somewhere up the line has constructed. It is not exceptional: they consider this their job.
If it only takes a few bad actors, everyone in the US would be condemned by guilt by association. We are responsible for our own acts, not people who look like us (imagine what that would mean for US-born people with white skin!).
I think a claim against anyone and especially any group of people needs to be supported by clear evidence. It's too dangerous and easy to demonize some outsider group, and we've seen a long history of horrible outcomes for innocent people.
There is much more reason to suspect problems at DHS, given the OP.
When providing aid involving police that want to attack the very people you are providing aid to (most of whom are legal, black African with weird sounding accents, they smell funny because they eat different food from you and they speak a language you do not understand, but they are in your country legally, mostly) is evil.
They smell funny because they don't share Western and some Asian norms of cleanliness. Not because they eat "different food".
I ate some form of curry every single day for lunch for 6 months while my ship was in the Dubai Drydocks, as the Drydocks offered lunch for around $2 a meal and their choices were "Continental" - a.k.a., bland as fuck "European" food, "Asian" - a.k.a., whatever Filipinos normally eat, and "Indian" - a.k.a., food from the nation of India.
Every single day I was on duty and in the drydocks, which was literally every other day, I made my order for the Indian meal, because it was always delicious... chicken vindaloo, dal tadka, dal makhani, naan bread, Basmati rice, etc. That's 90+ days of eating Indian food. I often ate at Indian restaurants in Dubai when I wasn't on duty.
I never "smelled funny"... because I took a fucking shower every day and used soap. If you're living in America, you can afford soap. A 16 ounce bottle of Suave body wash is $0.99 at Walmart. And every single state has a Walmart... hell, almost every city has a Walmart.
It the cooking that imbues clothing with a smell, not just the eating. Some foods are just more aromatic than others. I don’t suppose you expect people to wash their clothes after every time they cook, even if there is a Walmart.
Americans are known throughout southeast Asia for smelling bad, in large degree because they do not bathe as much as locals do. But also because of their diet.
Well, I've never claimed to be a "normal" American in nearly any sense of the word... Hell, when I was in the Navy, I would specifically time my meals such that when lunch rolled around, I could go take care of number two and get a quick shower so I could feel "clean" again.
I showered once in the morning, put on my uniform, and would always shower again in the evening while stateside. Sometimes, depending on the location and the heat / amount of sweat I was producing, I would shower in the morning before work, after I got off watch, and before I went to bed. There were times in Dubai where the heat was so oppressive I would take four showers a day... always the quick boot camp ones... turn on the water, get damp, turn off the water, soap up the important bits, turn on the water, rinse off, turn off the water, dry off... but I really don't see how people could go even a single day without a shower in that region of the world. And I'm from north Texas.
> Do you have anything to backup this claim about anyone in particular?
Yes. Half a lifetime spent in the United States Navy. Traveling to, and living in, over 39 different countries on 6 different continents, from Canada, England, Italy, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Laos, Haiti, Costa Rica, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and on, and on, and on some more.
> This is just unfounded prejudice and stock racism.
This is fucking word. for. word. the stock "woke" response from someone who's never traveled the world.
Go ahead. Travel to the countries I listed. See which ones smell not-so-great and which ones don't. If you think it's a matter of "racism" and not a matter of "insufficient public funds to provide for widespread public sanitation", you're not only wrong, you're hilariously wrong, and hilariously ignorant.
India literally had a campaign called, "Poo in the Loo!" due to the fact that there was a significant problem with public defecation.
> this specific group in this specific location has an outsized number of people that are aiding terrorist organizations
Can you back that up with anything at all? That is a very dangerous accusation, and obviously plays to prejudice and racism regardless of intentions. It seems it should be stated very specifically and with clear evidence.
Edit: Someone else posted an article. I still think that nobody should make claims like that without being specific and having evidence. 64 people do not indict an entire community. What does the OP imply about DHS, for example?
> most immigrants are law-abiding and good citizens
Most people are law-abiding and good citizens, but some are not. It has nothing to do with immigration status. I happen to think that all people were created equal, regardless of where they were born.
The 63 number is deeply suspect as well. Were the 63 convicted? Were they even arrested? Or just deported without arrest, charge, or trial? DHS is well known for selectively hiring aggressive bigots, so their judgment on anyone carries negative credibility.
It’s probably just an editing mistake. In a different part of the document, it says the same person works for Enforcement and Removal Operations in Minneapolis, which could also be abbreviated to ERO.
Why does an Emergency Relief Operation need a Deportation Officer?
It seems like we need, more than ever, to disband and disarm Border Control. Maybe make a new agency, and forbid it to hire anyone at all from the old snakepit.