The president issued a threat to deploy ICE agents in an apparent attempt to force Democrats to approve a new budget for the Department of Homeland Security.
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I’m white, if there is a middle class I’m in it, a man, and attractive (if I do say so myself, I wish this wasn’t relevant but it definitely is a part of the profiling) so my risk level is about as low as it could be in regards to being targeted by these fuckwits. But I do think if ICE is patrolling my fucking airport that I will tell work I’m not able to travel.
Sure, my one instance of business impact won’t do anything. But hopefully other folks like me will do the same thing. Enough to cause some amount of notice. And hey, if it doesn’t, at least I have a good fucking reason to not travel for work, I hate it.