Arresting people for warning about ICE

[LauraInLA]

“In Irvine, Calif., ICE agents drove a phalanx of military vehicles in the Orange County suburb to arrest a person, though not for illegal immigration. They were seeking a resident’s son who had allegedly posted fliers alerting neighbors to the presence of ICE agents.

The raid alarmed the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, an organization that defends free speech, which requested a copy of the warrant. “Criticism of government officials is core protected speech, and to criticize them you have every right to identify them,” said Aaron Terr, the group’s director of public advocacy.”
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This whole article is great.
From https://www.wsj.com/us-news/protests-los-angeles-immigrants-trump-f5089877

I don’t think you should need a free link, but archive.ph will work

[Jacson6]

1. This will be dismissed on 1st Amendment grounds.

We can post to the Internet or call our neighbors to say the police are in my neighborhood.

[Greg_In_SF]

2. They'll just

say it was obstruction of justice.

[Wingus Dingus]

4. Google warns me when police are ahead on the highway.

Is that illegal too?

[North Coast Lawyer]

13. Maybe

This administration doesn't give a shit about ordinary people's constitutional rights.

[MayReasonRule]

3. Watch The Watchers

https://watchthewatchers.net/

[ITAL]

15. Irvine isn't Los Angeles

Not even LA County.

[Captain Zero]

21. This needs to be a nation-wide concept

I would sign up.

[Initech]

5. ICE needs to get the hell out of my state and stay out!

They are not welcome here!

[Magoo48]

20. We don't want them anywhere in our free Republic of California, even here behind the orange curtain.

The majority of USAmericans simply don’t care for fucking Nazis.

[Nonnia Bisnez]

6. Courts have already determined

thal law enforcement have no right to privacy when out in public doing their job. The public has a right to know about their presence.

[TheProle]

7. The goal is to get people into the system

and impoverish them with the expense of defending their constitutionally-granted rights.

[Nonnia Bisnez]

12. You are right.

But in this case it shouldn't be too hard to find a pro bono attorney.

[Hekate]

8. I just got an email notice from Ventura County Democrats. Is ICE coming for the Dems clubs? Here's the email...

I am very encouraged that Ventura is responding, and from other info it looks like we’re collaborating with the other Central Coast counties, i.e. Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, known locally as the Tri-Counties.

May ICE melt in the heat of a thousand suns.
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COMMUNITY ALERT
Confirmed ICE Activity in Ventura County

Fellow Democrats,

Since early this morning, we've received an influx of alerts from 805 Immigrant Rapid Response System and VC Defensa confirming ICE operations throughout Ventura County.

Videos of caravans of dozens of ICE vans in our county’s agricultural fields, schools and apartment complexes have filled our community with fear. This comes as our counterparts in LA are being tear-gassed, arrested and intimidated by this administration- which so negligently denied the use of the national guard in the January 6th riots- but approved the use of 2,000 national guards in the streets of Los Angeles, amidst protest from our Governor and Attorney General.

Make no mistake, our democracy is being threatened.

While we honor the laws of this nation, we refuse to stand by as Donald Trump weaponizes federal power to trample due process and rip families apart. This is not justice — it’s tyranny in plain sight.

In these times, we need to stand up as Democrats against this wave of terror. It is our opportunity to show up for our immigrant community, our essential workers, and our democratic processes. Right now, our local response networks are at capacity.

We need volunteers but training opportunities are limited at this time. However, it’s important that we all continue to stay active in any way we can: Stay informed and help inform others through the Alerta systems; share photos and videos with response teams; and if you’re able, drive through the fields to help keep watch for ICE activity.

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[LauraInLA]

9. They'd better not be.

[Hekate]

11. Well, here we are, preparing to transmit info by computer & cellphone, & the bastards just arrested a youngster for ...

…flyers? I didn’t quite grasp what he’s been arrested for — but hell’s bells my friends and I used up a lot of mimeograph ink back in the day.

And ICE swooped into this Orange County neighborhood in force to pick up one youngster who was emphatically not breaking any laws. Clearly a terroristic move, afaiac.

[Torchlight]

10. Gonna be tough to blame this one anyone but the Ministry of ICE.

This raid is an un-American display of intimidation that betrays the values of a free and open society. Silencing voices through fear runs counter to the spirit of democracy.

[BidenRocks]

14. The first amendment only applies

if the Constitution survives.

[William769]

16. Damn them!

[enraged pedestrian]

17. So what about my phone gps ?

Every time I travel my gps warns me of speed checks coming up on my route. It seems that while it may save me of a ticket it is in fact the same as putting up fliers to help keep people from running afoul of the law. In both cases someone is standing in between the police and a potential lawbreaker and helps keep the police from doing their job. Viva LA !

[DinahMoeHum]

18. ICE better not try that shit in San Diego. . .

. . .from what I've read, there are 'citizen patrols" out there monitoring them. . .

https://boltsmag.org/how-volunteer-patrols-are-working-to-protect-san-diego-immigrant-communities-from-ice/

[Iamscrewed]

19. Sedition

I remember joking about getting into that kind of trouble 40 years ago. Looks like we're there.