r/Cascadia • u/PenImpossible874 New Amsterdam (Allied) • 8d ago

KUOW - ICE detains leader of farmworker union in northwest Washington state

https://www.kuow.org/stories/ice-detains-farmworker-activist-in-northwest-washington-state
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u/hanimal16 Washington 8d ago

Aside from the fact that this was originally a deportation order from 2018, it sounds like Guillén is an upstanding member of his community.

Is this what we’re doing now?

He was right about one thing, “When they learn of somebody, they just watch them. They surveil them. They follow them around… I think that this is a political attack.”

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u/tofustixer 8d ago

Yes, this is absolutely what we are doing now.

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u/motherbatherick 8d ago

These are targeted. For now, they're going after any undocumented immigrant who has the audacity to open their mouths. They're already starting to go after foreign nationals who have valid visas and green cards. Soon, they'll be going after anyone who does stands against them, regardless of citizenship status. Americans are going to be stripped of their citizenship and deported to who knows where. Essentially, ICE has become Trump's KGB.

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u/PenImpossible874 New Amsterdam (Allied) 8d ago

Right now they are deporting legal immigrants for saying anything Trump doesn't like.

Next they will go after US citizens, which would make America no different from Russia.

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u/MakeItMakeMoney 7d ago

An immigrant that has finished the naturalization process or immigration requirements /is/ a US citizen.

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u/LiqdPT 7d ago

Naturalization process, yes. But not all legal immigrants are citizens. They can be on visas or permanent residents (green card holders)

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u/QuiXiuQ 8d ago

The meeting is tonight at 5:30 PM at the Tacoma Detent Center.

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u/OneBlueEyeFish 8d ago

So who takes that leader position with this guy out of the way?

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u/theGalation 7d ago

This is why BLM has no official leaders.

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u/OneBlueEyeFish 7d ago

I was hoping someone else is seeing what im seeing. Even medical professional positions are being hit by ICE