"We Didn't Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Us"
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Lee Camp: The Best Way To Fight Trump Is To Fight More Than Trump.
It's the policies and the system, not just the person in charge:
US Supreme Court Say Border Patrol Can Pretty Much Do Whatever They Want.
From Reuters : The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it nearly impossible for Americans to sue federal law enforcement officers who violate their constitutional rights , further narrowing the already limited path to hold U.S. officials accountable for even egregious misuse of their authority. The court’s ruling grants actual absolute immunity to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents. That’s nearly 20,000 officers whose work sometimes involves detaining migrant children and flying drones over protests to help with “situational awareness.” Border patrol agents have more power than local police in many contexts, and they engage in the full range of ordinary law enforcement activity -- often far away from the border. The court in Egbert v. Boule held that CBP officer Erik Egbert can’t be sued for allegedly throwing Robert Boule to the ground and injuring him while trying to arrest another man at Boule’s bed-and-breakfast. Egbert allegedly retaliated after Boule filed an exce...
The Rich Don't Need Fences (and Other Stuff)
Think Progress highlights a story from the Texas Observer that, I believe, exemplifies the "all talk/little walk" policy of current Republicans. Basically, the blog and the newspaper shows how the essentially anti-Mexican fence is being forced upon the poor and lawyer-less, yet those who have wealth and connections to influencial Republicans literally get skipped over. Now if the Republicans in Congress can explain how building a fence in certain areas and not in others will deter illegal immigration, I'm sure there are plenty of people on both sides of the issue who would interested in hearing it. Otherwise, it won't be long before someone starts making maps leading past Ray L. Hunt's house. One more thing: anyone ever ask why people aren't sneaking in here from Canada? Obviously something is going on up there that's keeping those guys from hopping the proverbial fence.