Only in America?

 

Crossing the Southern of the US. bbc.com, Getty Images

Undocumented Immigrants

The proliferation of undocumented aliens is a big discussion point in many areas around the world, not just in the USA.

So we will also see protests, although sparingly, in a few other countries aimed at immigration enforcement actions against undocumented immigrants.

Only in LA

But, nowhere near that in the USA and it is noticeable particularly in, Los Angeles and in California.

[California is home to the largest population of undocumented immigrants in the United States.]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

So ICE, as part of the Department of Homeland Security, has a broad authority to enforce immigration laws. This authority is a core part of their job.

ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) specifically focuses on enforcing immigration laws within the US to protect national security and public safety.

But in Sanctuary states (such as California) and cities (such as LA), their elected officials do not assist ICE in their enforcement activities. They in fact encourage their constituents to join in protest actions and in activities that prevent ICE from doing their job.

Past Practice

In the past, undocumented immigrants were not this vocal nor this visible. They kept to themselves and kept themselves hidden (like those who are undocumented in all the other countries around the world).

They do not attend protest actions. They do not throw projectiles at law enforcement. They do not burn cars, write graffiti and destroy or damage properties.

They do not call attention to themselves. They try to remain invisible. They remain incognito. They follow rules and the law of the land. You wouldn't know they were there.

Today, it is a different time. They are all out in the public. They are loud and they are proud. And public officials are on their side.


Resources for Undocumented Individuals

Yes another little thing we ought to know by now.

#biased

Pandering in LA

 From A Silent Observer

As an Independent, non-Republican and non-Democrat, I see what's going on in Los Angeles as both sad and funny.

Sad that the constituents of the City of Los Angeles, the LA County and the State of California get to have front row seats to the pandering antics of their elected officials and the aftermath of their decisions.

Funny, because we really reap what we sow (or who we vote in).

Source: Commentary, labusinessjournal

Man, the press releases of President Trump, Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass and other LA Officials who want to join in the limelight are just crazy. And they are all obviously and unapologetically pandering to their supporters and using manipulative tactics to sway public opinion. This is like watching a movie or a TV series.

Hollywood

I am almost out of words to explain or justify how those who support these selfish politicians can continue to listen and believe the sincerity of their words and not be able to see their hidden agenda.

My heart bleeds for the undocumented aliens in Los Angeles who are honest and law abiding people, law abiding other than the fact that they are in the US illegally.

My mind cannot comprehend those who do not support the arrest of undocumented aliens who have committed and are committing serious criminal acts and have outstanding arrest warrants.

Let us listen to these politicians rhetoric but without our personal biases.

And let us stop pointing fingers.

Every politician involved are at fault.

Law enforcement and public officials can do their jobs only when they all are able to work together and when they aren't prioritizing their party's and their individual interests.

In the meantime, we the public are watching Los Angeles getting trashed everyday.

ICE and local law enforcement should sit down and find a mutually agreed plan of action. And they should all work together.

Politicians of both parties should stop having press releases but instead hold close door meetings with one another and find common ground. Is there really nobody who wants to do the right thing?

Constituents should petition their local officials to change the laws that affect them. And they should stop voting in the same useless politicians and only vote those who deserve their trust.

AMERICA IS DIVIDED

Yes another little thing we ought to know by now, or at least before we take sides or open our mouth.

#biased

America Is Divided

 

ICE RAIDS

America is divided and it's not going to to be united.

Why, because people are biased. They are stubborn. They are ******. They have their own agenda.

People will only listen to things that support what they believe in.

Yet there is one simple solution.

ICE should only arrest people who have outstanding arrest warrants. They should only go after undocumented people who have been found guilty of crimes, specially heinous ones.

Police and other local Law Enforcement agencies should work hand in hand with ICE agents and support them to take into custody these people and this way ICE is only in their territories only as needed.

But the question really is who will give in?

Everyone in both sides are tough guys.


ICE Captures Worst of the Worst Illegal Alien Criminals in Los Angeles Including Murderers, Sex Offenders, and Other Violent Criminals
Release Date: June 8, 2025

Battle Of LA

 

Sigh

Here we go again. People are staying in the camps they belong to.

Trump supporters are backing ICE.

Democrats are backing the protesters.

What people who are caught in the middle are not considering is that both ICE and the protestors are both in the wrong some of the time and both in the right at other times.

No one is always right and no one is always wrong all of the time.

Also that politicians do not have our interests. Their interests are mostly what will benefit them, their party, their agenda and whatever mileage they can get.

Do we really have to say all these?

Politicians, whatever party, are not our friends.

Plus many people are just waiting on the sidelines to do what they do during times like this -- vandalize and loot and other criminal intents.

My heart hurts.

FYI: There are always people behind the scenes planning and making things happen. One group wants civil unrest, if not civil war. One group wants martial law, another wants to profit with what's going on, and one just waiting to see how they can make something from what will happen.

AMERICA IS DIVIDED

Yes another little thing we ought to know by now, or at least before we take sides or open our mouth.

#biased

Putin and America

So it looks like Trump is going to impose sanctions on Russia.

Putin is always down with talks but he seems to say one thing and does the opposite.

Hasn't America learned its lesson yet? Putin has outlived the tenure of 5 US Presidents and Putin, an ex-KGB officer has always found a way to outwit all of them -- Bill, George W, Barrack, Joe and Donald, 1 by 1.

5 US Presidents Have Come & Gone, Putin Is Still In Power (Photo: thetimes.com)

Putin knows he just need to bid his time, negotiate, and hang in there as there will be a new US President in just 8 years, sometimes 4.

Consequences

A lot of people wants to vilify the police (for good reason). People want to defund the police.

Cities have cut the budget not just to the police but also the fire department (yes even though some mayors are denying this).

Authorities don't want to arrest people. And worse, when they do, they let them out the same day.

Now no one is afraid. People got bold and would do anything.

The Result

Middle school kids, high school kids, young people, middle age, older people, any age, it doesn't matter -- they would try almost anything.

Hidden cameras, email and text scams, porch pirating, 7-11 runs, flash mobs, smash and grab, crash and loot, unprovoked assault... sigh.

This is why we have to be careful what we wish for.

Undocumented Migrants In Europe

For decades now, a growing number of migrants have come into European cities illegally.

For many years police and undocumented migrants have clashed, and there have been violence, bloodshed, deaths.

2 weeks ago in France, this happened:

4 days ago this

While in America, undocumented migrants are in the millions and their numbers have grown in recent years, and there has been migrant gangs and violence, there has never been anything near what is happening in European cities.

Will it be just a matter of time?