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‘Straight Up Nazi Sh*t’: Trump Deploys Heavily Armed Tactical Units to Sanctuary Cities

John Wright February 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Trump administration is deploying heavily armed SWAT teams from the Southern border to sanctuary cities across the U.S. to assist with immigration enforcement.

The New York Times reported Friday afternoon that the “supercharged arrest operation” represents “an escalation in the president’s battle against localities that refuse to participate in immigration enforcement.”

From the NYT: The specially trained officers are being sent to cities including Chicago and New York to boost the enforcement power of local ICE officers, according to two officials who are familiar with the secret operation. Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J. The move reflects President Trump’s persistence in cracking down on sanctuary cities, localities that have refused to cooperate in handing over immigrants targeted for deportation to federal authorities. It comes soon after the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security announced a series of measures that will affect both American citizens and immigrants living in those places. Lawrence Payne, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, confirmed the agency was deploying 100 officers to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which conducts arrests in the interior of the country, “in order to enhance the integrity of the immigration system, protect public safety, and strengthen our national security.”

More from the American Independent: Trump has often attacked and criticized sanctuary cities as part of his anti-immigrant rhetoric. “The state of California passed an outrageous law declaring their whole state to be a sanctuary for criminal illegal immigrants — a very terrible sanctuary — with catastrophic results,” Trump said in his recent State of the Union address. At a campaign rally in New Hampshire, Trump complained about “left-wing politicians” who “support sanctuary cities that release criminal aliens directly into the American community.” Under Trump, immigrant communities have expressed fears about agencies like ICE coming into communities and separating families from each other. In some instances, ICE has even apprehended and detained American citizens, despite claims that they only target migrants.

A few reactions from Twitter below.

straight up nazi shit https://t.co/KIqzbfKbvR

— 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫-𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐬 (@importantmeagan) February 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/1228410332047122432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1228410332047122432&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2F2020%2F02%2F14%2Fthese-are-bad-times-trump-deploy-heavily-armed-border-patrol-tactical-units-help

From a former senior border patrol agent. This is why the deployment of tactical units to sanctuary cities is so concerning. https://t.co/UqJqFNDwTW

— Phillip Atiba Goff (@DrPhilGoff) February 14, 2020

Sending in SWAT-style teams for routine immigration enforcement. Hard not to conclude this is designed to intimidate communities and punish cities that are resisting Trump policies. https://t.co/pwx27LjIsc

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/KenWeeks13/status/1228445469971558400

The fuck do we have "tactical" border patrol units for? We are bleeding money into this bullshit and then complaining we're too broke to cover Medicare for All and expanding public education to college.
God damn it I'm just angry all the time now.

— Out of Ordinary (@aridiculouslife) February 14, 2020

Tanks in the streets??

"The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units from the southern border as part of a supercharged arrest operation in sanctuary cities across the country. ." https://t.co/TTV5cHyNxa

— Mary 😷😭🌶🖤 (@MHPoison1) February 14, 2020

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