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Rhiannon12866

(245,290 posts)
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 11:51 PM Saturday

ICE ramps up its aggressive tactics, and brutality is the point - Velshi - MSNBC



ICE and other federal agents deploy aggressive tactics during their sweeps through America’s cities. NYU historian Ruth Ben Ghiat warns ICE has lost sight of what it’s supposed to be doing: “The goal is very different. It is to terrorize all Americans.”

In times of rising authoritarianism, catching their brutality on camera is one way Americans are bearing witness to the truth. - Aired on 10/18/2025.

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ICE ramps up its aggressive tactics, and brutality is the point - Velshi - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Saturday OP
The goal is to terrorize us? young_at_heart Sunday #1
Same here! No wonder record numbers came out to protest, this is no longer the country where I spent my life Rhiannon12866 Sunday #2

young_at_heart

(3,978 posts)
1. The goal is to terrorize us?
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 12:29 AM
Sunday

I can't believe this is our country? How on earth is such a horrendous statement even possible? I am sickened!!!

Rhiannon12866

(245,290 posts)
2. Same here! No wonder record numbers came out to protest, this is no longer the country where I spent my life
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 12:32 AM
Sunday

And I was always grateful that of all the countries in the world, my ancestors chose to make the tough journey here.

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