One ICE officer can be heard responding by threatening to “grab” the staffer
JFC - didn’t these goons ever watch Lethal Weapon 2? Consulate staff would literally have diplomatic immunity - AND a diplomatic visa. They’re not immigrants, they’re diplomats.
Ecuador should send their military into the US embassy in Quito and see how it goes for everyone involved and watch how quickly the whining and importance of international law comes back.
This is a spurious correlation if I’ve ever seen one.
Perceiving the government as loudly and publicly placing anything ahead of regular people and their jobs is what erodes democracy. The feeling that someone is not represented to elected representatives. Most elections over the last 30 years have been about this as a core economic element. Globalzied manufacturing was the Big Bad for decades before AI came along.
Considering I signed up for Piefed and Lemmy with a tutamail account, I think maybe you’re not reading that correctly.
There’s a 24 or 72 hour cooldown period where you can’t just go an immediately sign up for things, but that’s about all.
NSPM-7 skips this step. We’re at the bottom rung here. If you are shot by ICE, you are domestic terrorist by virtue of the fact that you were somewhere they could shoot you.