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Friday, February 06, 2026

Links - 6th February 2026 (1 - Migrants: US)

Meme - "The Only Choice
*Trolley problem*
The Future of Immigration Enforcement
ICE-ing valueless agitators seeking suicide-by-cop *1 person on track*
South Africa levels of torture and rape imposed upon the whole of the population forever *5 people on track*"

Meme - "ICE agents in Minnesota just received new orders from officials. They are no longer allowed to "engage" with "agitators," and activity must be limited to immigrants with criminal charges or convictions. But here's the thing. If ICE agents are receiving NEW orders to do what they were originally supposed to be doing, then doesn't that mean the original orders were to terrorize Minnesotans and violate people's rights?"
"The difference now is local and state law enforcement will provide protection and crowd control while arest are being made. If they fail ICE has full authority to arrest and defend themselves."
"The new orders: "Now that the police are cooperating, you don't need to pull double-duty as riot police. Just do your regular duties." It's not that fuckin' deep, bro."

Meme - Stacy Cay @stacycay: "Statistically, you are more likely to be shot by ICE than you are to compete against a trans woman"
Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines: "It's so easy to not get shot by ICE"
Karla Tanner @lizabetty89: "In 2025, ICE conducted 68,400 arrests with 27 shootings.
0.039% likelihood of being shot.
In 2025, UCLA Williams Institute estimated 122k "trans" athletes in school sports, with 85,400 likely being "MtF". There were 3.5 million girls in school sports.
2.44% likelihood of girl having to compete against a transvestite boy."

Meme - "Liberals when ICE arrests a known sex offender *upset*
Liberals when an illegal alien sexually assaults and murders a minor "I forgive you.""

Stephen Miller on X - "A little primer on “asylum”:
1. There are no “asylum seekers” on the Southern Border. “Asylum” is limited to individuals fleeing extremely narrow categories of state persecution (eg high-ranking Soviet defectors during the Cold War) — none of the groups illegally crossing the border fit that criteria. No one in Mexico or Ecuador or Honduras etc live in nations where there is any state persecution of any protected class. It’s all fake, all the way down.
2. All non-Mexican illegals have transited through additional countries on the way to America where there are no forms of state persecution, thereby further disproving any hypothetical claim
3. As yet further proof the claims are fake, aliens turn down the opportunity to avoid this fabricated persecution by being safely resettled in another nation
4. Illegal aliens receive free and functionally unlimited legal services. When facing deportation, they and their lawyers (as a matter of course) automatically file fake asylum applications. It’s a multibillion dollar fraudulent industry. It’s gross, unethical, and deeply immoral. Everyone involved in this system understands and knows these claims are false. Adjudicating these knowingly false claims is a full-time job for thousands of people.
5. Federal law requires illegal aliens to be detained pending a hearing for their (fake) asylum claim. These are not prisons. They are not being punished. No one is being sentenced. Civil detention and removal is not part of the Article III justice system (in fact, Congress stripped Article III of jurisdiction over civil immigration procedure). The goal of the US government is to send aliens home immediately (they get cash and a free plane ticket) with the fewest days in custody as logistically possible. Any delay is caused by the fake asylum claim.
6. When the fake asylum claim is heard on the “non-detained” docket the illegal aliens rarely show for their hearings. Those few who do show stay in the country regardless after losing (unless placed into detention). Removal orders are ignored as a matter of course. If and when absconders are eventually found (at great time and expense) they still have to be detained to actually effectuate the removal. At this point in time their lawyers will file a motion to reopen their asylum claim or otherwise appeal the finding and seek release again. Regardless, no removal of any alien anywhere can occur unless in a detained setting. If the alien has children they are, by law, supposed to stay in a family residential center (that costs more per night than a high-end hotel, and includes full medical, dental, scholastic and other services).
7. Biden officials did not even bother with the pretext of performing intake interviews for the millions and millions and millions they released into the US. The aliens were simply released on sight, no questions asked, with court dates years away, in the hope and expectation that by the time their fake asylum claims were adjudicated and rejected years later, Democrats would be able to scream that these illegals have now lived here for X years and they and their children must be allowed to stay at our permanent expense. No one in the prior Administration responsible for these decisions actually believed the or now this has anything to do with asylum. To them, it is just useful propaganda in service of infinite mass migration."

Seth Magaziner on X - "Important for everyone to know: Liam’s parents didn’t enter the US illegally. They presented at a port of entry, requested asylum and were waiting for their hearing. Many of the families ICE has been snatching off the streets are like this. Immigrants who entered legally!"
memetic_sisyphus on X - "The Biden administration created an app that allowed every person at the border to sign up as an asylum seeker. Legal asylum means something, not just “I want to be in your country instead of mine.” You’re supposed to seek asylum in the first safe country you travel to. Mexico is not at war and has no campaign of persecuting minorities or political dissidents. Every single asylum case coming across our land borders is a false claim. The Biden administration knew all of this, but it was their hopes to gum up the system in an attempt to force a political concession to grant amnesty. Some estimates put the court back log it would take to give each one of these Biden entries a hearing is 20 years long. All to say no you need to leave now. There’s no reason that’s the process we need to follow. A false asylum claim is grounds for deportations. They all need to go back."
blighter on X - "this is true and a big part of the problem with the "sure, Biden didn't do enough at the border" spin the Dems are trying to put on this history. Biden didn't ignore the border, he actively deployed government resources to *increase* migration. to get more of it. it wasn't a mistake that millions came during his admin and they somehow didn't notice until "too late", they did it *on purpose*. they made an app to facilitate more migration. when border states tried to close the border, they sent federal agents to literally bulldoze any impediments to more migration. they created a program to fly 500,000 haitians directly to the US. the border crisis wasn't some weird thing that happened and they somehow got distracted and didn't notice, they had a deliberate, multi-pronged, well-funded policy of increasing migration absolutely as much as possible."
I like how entering the country legally means you are staying there legally

Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian - "A lawyer for the family told CNN last month that the child and his father entered the US legally, leaving Ecuador amid the economic situation, insecurity and unstable employment conditions. The lawyer also said the five-year-old and his father were undergoing a legal process to obtain status in the United States, and that their claims remained pending."
When the left wing media report that the family has admitted that they have no claim to asylum

Seth Magaziner on X - "My position is that you shouldn’t send 5 year olds to jail when their parents followed the prescribed process & pose no threat. If a judge denies their asylum claim and orders them removed, fine. But that hasn’t happened. What happened to prioritizing “the worst of the worst”?"
Project for Immigration Reform on X - "“If a judge denies their asylum claim and orders removal, fine” is often presented as a reasonable stopping point. In practice, Democrats advancing this line do not even accept it. They understand that a large share of asylum claims lack merit and that the real function of the system is delay. Backlogs buy time, time becomes settlement, and settlement is later invoked as a moral claim against enforcement. When removal finally comes, it is recast as cruelty, with children placed at the center of the argument, as @SethMagaziner does here. The legal process is treated less as a means of adjudication than as a device for running out the clock."

JohnRocker on X - "Dear @TeamAriana, Yesterday I followed Ariana Grande’s commands and didn’t go to work in protest of ICE. Now, I have lost my job. Please send me $250,000 of your $250 Million in wealth to support me during this time of unemployment. Help a white man out! Best, John Rocker"

Mass Daily News on X - "Boston-area woman is thrilled after taking in a Haitian migrant and says it’s like having your own personal chef"
Lauren Chen on X - "White progressive rediscovers slavery from first principles"

John Fetterman Smokes Anti-ICE Protesters: Don't Dox People! - "Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) ripped anti-ICE protesters who are looking to dox immigration agents during an appearance on Fox News, with Fetterman saying the agents are being “driven” to mask their faces because they are worried left-wing protesters will try and hurt them — and their families. Fetterman shared his disgust with pro-doxxing Americans during an interview with The Sunday Briefing co-host Jacqui Heinrich. The senator called himself an “absolute secure border Democrat” who wanted to see President Donald Trump’s administration “deport all the criminals.” He then commented on efforts to dox ICE and Border Patrol agents. Fetterman said he was not a fan of it one bit. “Some of those agents wearing masks, primarily that’s driven by people who are going to dox those people,” Fetterman said. “That’s a serious concern too, absolutely. They can target their families.” Fetterman then declared: “Don’t ever ever dox people and target their families too.” His comments come as a number of websites and apps have popped up in the last year dedicated to tracking the location of ICE agents. Other websites and databases have emerged that reveal personal information about immigration agents. The New York Post reported on Saturday on one “Wikipedia-style” website that has doxxed more than 4,500 current and former agents."

Douglass Mackey on X - "My passport was confiscated by DOJ for 4.5 years. J6ers charged with misdemeanors were given pre-trial house arrest. Tim Hale was held in solitary confinement pre-trial for 18 months. And a MN federal judge just granted Don 🍋 permission to take his annual vacation in France."

Seamus (FreedomToons) on X - "White liberals will say immigrants don't take American jobs and then show up to protest on a weekday"

One Year In, Laken Riley Act Took 21,400 Criminal Illegal Aliens Off the Streets - "A year after Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, the law has put more than 20,000 criminal illegal aliens in handcuffs. Illegal alien Jose Ibarra murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley after he was released by the Biden administration. Named in her honor, the Laken Riley Act allows arrests of illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, assault of law enforcement, or any crime that causes grave bodily injury or death. As of Jan. 29, the Act resulted in the arrest of over 21,400 foreign criminals, according to a Department of Homeland Security press release... Whenever Democrats release a sob story about some “Maryland dad” or “Minnesota mom” arrested both for being an illegal alien and for other crimes, remember that those same Democrats shed not a tear over the grisly fate of Laken Riley. In fact, during Donald Trump‘s address to Congress last year, congressional Democrats refused to stand and applaud Riley’s family. The Biden administration not only welcomed Tren de Aragua gang member Jose Ibarra into the USA, but it also gave Ibarra a free flight to Georgia, where the terrorist illegal alien raped and murdered 22-year-old student Laken Riley. Ibarra had previously been arrested in New York but was released again prior to Riley’s murder. To prevent such horrific tragedies from occurring again, Republicans passed new legislation."

Jorge Ventura Media on X - "Here is the left-wing activists checkpoint on Cedar Ave , stopping vehicles , checking ID’s and running license plates in their ‘database’ , we didn’t see any local law enforcement on scene , then I and my photojournalist @photoswitherik were assaulted for documenting their actions @DailyCaller"
Rep. Mike Collins on X - "Democrats want you to show ID to get past their illegal checkpoints but not to vote in U.S. elections."

J Michael Waller on X - "Illegal checkpoints on public streets have a long history in Marxist and anarchist tradition. They symbolize organized self-defense against "oppressors," an empowerment of "the people" to seize urban space to confront the class enemy. When organized as barricades to block passage, they become instruments of insurrection, dating back to the 1848 revolutions of Europe and the 1871 Paris Commune Marxists treat barricades as symbols of transition from civil protest to armed struggle. Barricades mark the point when Marxists stop appealing to constitutional authority, and build structures for alternative power. For anarchists, the barricade represents "direct action" and "horizontal self-organization" - the building of defenses without formal hierarchies or central leaders. Anarchists view barricades as a reclaimed public space. Checkpoints and barricades turn the streets from channels of commerce and state control into zones of collective autonomy and mutual aid during insurrections or insurgencies.
Image: Antifa's Capitol Hill Occupied Protest checkpoint, Seattle, 2020."

Wall Street Apes on X - "Minnesota resident was trying to go try a new burger restaurant She says Minnesota ICE protesters stopped her car, they checked her license plate and won’t let people pass until their plates are ran It’s insane that this is happening in America “So now we need permission to drive from these people?” This is what she said happened: ‘My friend told us about a dive burger place in Minnesota that we absolutely had to try. As we were driving in, we passed a small group of maybe 30 people holding large “F ICE” signs, spelled out. Many of the houses in the neighborhood also had signs saying “F ICE” and similar messages. When we were leaving to drive back to the hotel, we passed the group again. At that point, the resistance group stepped out in front of our car and would not let us drive. One woman appeared to be looking at our license plate and doing something on her phone. She was standing directly in front of the car, blocking us — I cannot imagine being a sane person and living in this city. We were with my brother-in-law’s family, and they said that restaurants and other places are empty because of this, the resistance is out doing their thing, and the normal people are just staying home and not going out.’"

Dear ICE Protestors: We Need to Talk - "It’s been a rough few months out there. You’ve shown up. You’ve resisted. You’ve rallied. You’ve organized. You’ve made signs. So. Many. Signs. You’ve launched illegal fireworks, damaged property, blocked traffic, broken the law, bashed in windows, assaulted agents, and berated scores of strangers simply for doing their jobs. You must be exhausted. I see you. I feel you. I am in awe of your stamina. So let’s pretend, for argument’s sake and to give you a desperately-needed break, you win... What’s your plan? Because tragically, our towns are teeming with dangerous, law-breaking repeat offenders—many of them wanted for horrific, unspeakable crimes here and in other countries. Blaming ICE for trying to remove them would be like blaming the home inspector for finding asbestos in the dream house you just fell in love with. These bad actors are here. You don’t have to like it, but you do have to accept it. (I know! Objective reality isn’t really your thing. But try.) So what do we do about them? Do we ask a bunch of fugitives to kindly turn themselves in to the nearest Department of Feelings & Hugs? Do we hand big red “PLEASE STOP, YOU’RE BEING NAUGHTY” paddles to community volunteers? Do we just leave the child rapists, domestic abusers, drug smugglers, home invaders, human traffickers, carjackers, murderers, and violent felons exactly where they are and hope they find God without a map or a moral compass? Because here’s the part you seem to have left out of the ICE-free utopia you imagine: federal immigration officers aren’t hunting down gardeners, grandpas, or the kid who overstayed her student visa because she adopted a Labradoodle. In one 24-hour period alone this week, ICE arrested five illegal immigrants charged with heinous crimes including rape by force, aggravated assault, and sodomy of a minor. You know, the sort of atrocities Netflix makes eight-part documentaries about. And you’re… protesting that?... What happens when one of them abducts a toddler from the preschool playground? Or robs you at knifepoint in the Trader Joe’s parking lot. Or breaks into your neighbor’s home and murders a mother of three. Who do you call? Katy Perry? The police? Oh, wait. You want to defund them, too... Shockingly—not—most states don’t record immigration status in arrest or conviction data. And mainstream media is historically allergic to reporting on violent migrant crime. Social media, however, is not... “We are Renee Good,” you chant. Yes, yes you are. You swarm the streets, interfere with lawful operations, ignore police orders, and charge at armed federal agents, and then everyone around you is shocked—I’m talking downright flabbergasted—when you get hurt. Exactly what, respectfully, did you think was going to happen? There’s a reason the saying isn’t, “If you play with fire, you’ll come out refreshed and rejuvenated.” “But illegal immigrants statistically commit fewer crimes than white Americans,” you insist. And rattlesnakes kill exponentially fewer people than cobras do… but I’m still calling animal control if I find one curled up on my pillow. (Also, and I know you hate hearing it, but we’re talking about people who are in violation of U.S. law before the story even begins here. Sorry, but that part matters.)"
The "fact checkers" tell us that only 5% of deported illegal immigrants have been convicted of a violent criminal offence, ignoring those who have been charged and data issues. Left wing logic: refuse to collect data. then pretend that there's no evidence that makes your position look bad

Skeptic Research Center Team on X - ""Very liberal" Americans believe 11% of deported illegal immigrants have had a criminal conviction since coming to the country--the correct answer is ~37%. "Conservative" Americans were the most accurate of all groups, though "very conservatives" overestimated the prevalence of convictions. However, if "pending" criminal charges are included with convictions, the % rises to ~66%. (See chart below). Link to correct answer: https://factcheck.org/2026/01/as-ice -arrests-increased-a-higher-portion-had-no-u-s-criminal-record/ These data come from the Immigration Attitudes and Accuracy Study (IAAS) collected from January 25, 2026, to January 31, 2026, with 2,505 American adults who speak English. All respondents passed (1) attention checks, (2) a duplication check, (3) time-to-completion checks, (4) fraud and (5) bot-identification checks. For more information, see: https://research.skeptic.com/immigration-at"

Nicki Minaj on X - "They’re flying in immigrants to vote b/c they reneged on all the promises they made to African Americans & can no longer get the African American vote by default. They’re causing distractions in the streets to distract from the billions they stole from tax payers."

Democrats now say it's a "death sentence" to send Haitians back to Haiti - "Democrats and celebrities just a few years ago told us that Haiti was one of the most beautiful, accepting, and wonderful countries on earth ... because Trump called it a dump. But now?
'This is cruelty, this is inhumane, this is a death sentence. Because we already know the consequences. Because in Haiti there is open warfare and rape. There's ravaging violence against women and children, there's no school days, no work schedule. You do what the gangs want you to do, and they are terrorized.'... Bill Maher, Susan Sarandon, Conan! They all said that Haiti was "great" and it was better than Trump's America! Frederica Wilson is now totally committed to saving the Haitians from ... other Haitians? ... by bringing them all here. Frederica is not alone in defending Haiti from Haitians: Why is sending Haitians back to Haiti a death sentence? And how is bringing more Haitians to the United States not just a death sentence for Americans??"
When left wingers admit that Haiti is a shithole country after all

Apartment rents just dropped to the lowest level in 4 years - "The national median rent in January was $1,353, a drop of 1.4% compared with one year ago. The national vacancy rate was 7.3% in January, a record high on Apartment List's index, which dates to 2017."
Left wingers think supply and demand are fake and prices are set by "greed", so they will ignore this and continue pretending illegal immigrants leaving doesn't help normal people

Minneapolis teachers union head says elected officials join anti-ICE efforts - "The head of the Minneapolis teachers union said in a recent interview that elected officials are involved in anti-ICE agitation in the city. "The notion that people that are actively engaged in ICE watch, in being vigilant in protecting our neighbors, in Signal chat groups, running plates, in their cars doing patrols — that somehow we're ashamed of that activity, that somehow you can call our bosses and show our faces and then we would be shunned by our community..." Marcia Howard told Al Jazeera in an interview that aired last week. Howard is the president of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, and perhaps best known for her role in championing the 2020 riots in the city over the death of George Floyd. She was also an English teacher for 25 years, including during the riots. She has been described as a "steward" of George Floyd Square, a memorial area where Floyd was killed. She meets there with local activists every morning. "Our bosses are in the Signal chats with us," she said. "Our elected officials are in the chats with us." Howard also said that local "nanas," hockey coaches and soccer moms are participating in the pushback against federal immigration enforcement, as ICE and Border Patrol attempt to arrest illegal aliens, many of whom have further criminal histories in the United States. "Everybody that's anybody is doing the work of protecting our neighbors, because that's how we show up in Minneapolis and St. Paul," she said. She also said that teachers are involved in the attempts to subvert federal law enforcement."
When you admit to insurrection

Conservative And Proud | Facebook - "“WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE”: Mayor Jacob Frey Blames ICE for Economic Collapse in Minneapolis 🚨 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has issued a scathing rebuke of Operation Metro Surge, claiming the federal immigration crackdown is "terrorizing" the city and causing a massive financial tailspin for local businesses. In a video addressed from his desk, Mayor Frey highlighted the sobering cost of the federal presence: (Mayor Jacob Frey): "So I'm sitting at my desk here, and just got some really sobering figures about the impact that this Operation Metro Surge by ICE is having on our communities. And we've all heard about the families getting torn apart. We've all heard about the constitutional violations. We've heard about people going hungry. And in addition to that, there's a massive impact on our small and local businesses. Small local businesses collectively are losing between 10 and 20 million dollars every single week. Businesses along cultural corridors are down at least 50%, and the Latino-owned businesses and Somali-owned businesses are drastically below that. Hotels have lost about 4.4 million dollars because of cancellations. And so, for those that claim that they care about our economy and care about businesses, there is a very quick and straightforward antidote to bring these businesses back, which is to have Operation Metro Surge end, and to have ICE leave our city. Let's bring the economy back. Let's help these businesses out. Let's make sure that our city can return to this great comeback that we were seeing, and let's get ICE to leave.""
When you're unhappy with the results of your insurrection. Once again this is the Hamas strategy

Matthew Kolken on X - "INA (8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)) mandates that DHS shall take into custody criminal aliens—those inadmissible or deportable for crimes like aggravated felonies, multiple CIMTs, drug offenses, firearms violations, domestic violence, etc.—upon release from criminal custody. No bond, no discretion. The law says "shall," not "may." Congress removed the Attorney General's discretion for these dangerous categories to protect the public. Yet some jurisdictions still release these criminal aliens back into communities. That's not following the law; that's ignoring it."

Meme - Chris Arnade 🐢🐱🚌 @Chris_arnade: "This is entirely backwards. High trust means that everyone is self regulated, not that you ignore/overlook everyone else's errors. The latter is actually the hallmark of a low trust individualistic society since you have given up on, or don't believe in, a set of shared behaviors The funny thing is in high trust societies there is a lot of scolding of your neighbors, even if they only make a minor mistake! Try jay-walking in Japan for instance and check out the stares from the elderly. Maybe that is not the society you want to live in, but stop pretending like accepting whatever anyone else does is high-trust, or what your opponents want."
Zaid Jilani @Zaidsilani: "Adam is correct. The online right says it wants a high trust society. Minnesota is that high trust society and the xenophobes are the lowest trust people in America."
nxthompson: "Must reading from @AdamSerwer on what's happening in Minnesota."
"If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it "neighborism'-a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn't be more extreme. Vice President Vance has said that "it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people who I have something in common with. I don't want to live next to four families of strangers." Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."

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