*** “The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.”
[ Adolf Hitler ]

1]. “When ICE came for a U.S. citizen and army veteran’: “The ICEmen were presumably looking for undocumented immigrants. Retes’s driver’s license, which he says the ICEmen never asked to see, identifies him as “Veteran Army.” His license plate includes “DV”: disabled veteran. While ICE’s warriors were trying and ultimately succeeding in smashing his driver’s-side window [the better to pepper spray him], they apparently did not notice his rear window’s “Iraq Combat Veteran’ sticker.” [read this again – 3 chances to see who Retes is – ignored]

***. “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” [ Machiavelli ]

2] “Amid a torrent of shouted and contradictory ICEmen commands…after he asked for an agent’s badge number…Retes was dragged from his car…wrists zip-tied behind his back…seated on the ground for 4 hours…taken to a Navy base…strip searched…incarceration…handcuffs. No charges…mouth swab collected his DNA without his consent…requests for a lawyer…a shower to ease ..tear gas and pepper spray [discomforts]..ignored. After3 days…charges dropped.” [ George Will: “When ICE came for a U.S. Citizen and Army veteran’; Washington Post; 10/26/25 ]

Note: Hopefully, when YOU, a PATRIOTIC American read this – YOU are angry. As details above relate, NONE of this should have happened. – he had I.D. ON HIM. – which they could have verified ON THE SPOT – refused. They have quotas to meet.

*** “Some things are not forgivable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable.” [ Tennessee Williams ]

THEN – THIS; ‘American Gulag… The brutal rollout of Trump’s police state.” [ Mother Jones; November-December, 2025 EVERY American should, MUST, read this.

3] “When it comes to President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, cruelty has always been the point, but anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology….The new immigration is everywhere, rife with conflicts, and it’s only just begun.”

4]. “Force Multiplier…How the GOP bankrolled ICE [ $74.9 billion] to unleash an army of masked agents on America.” 50 NEW detention centers. KNOW THIS ; 70% of people in detention in august HAD. NO CRIMINAL. CONVICTIONS. Another BIG Trump. LIE.

5]. “Minority Report”. – no-bid contracts to connected people. “The perils of this extend beyond mere immigration, privacy experts warn. The growing surveillance infrastructure could be ‘deployed by an authoritarian executive to coerce and control the US population at scale,”….

***. “The kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.” [ King Solomon ]

6] “Camp Fear…Florida’s troubled tent city has inspired copycats across the country” “According to an ACLU lawsuit, exposure to sun and mosquitos is “used as form of punishment and retaliation, with restrained individuals placed outside for hours at a time to be bitten and sun burned.” “An immigration lawyer called conditions at Alligator Alcatraz ‘psychological warfare..”

7] “Random House”. Small firm with NO experience in incarceration gets $1.3 billion deal….. 4 more examples of contracts and their “Trump connection”…. former ICE official: “The Fort Bliss deal is “a giant pass-through to other companies.” [ NOTE ; corruption, anybody???????}

*** “The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don’t ask for their love, only their fear.” [ Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler ]

NOTE: Remember what was said above: “It is a mistake, ” the center noted, “to think about what the Trump administration is doing now as ‘immigration enforcement.” Trump is using immigration powers as the vehicle for activities of his militarized police force.”

And also this: Without last minute compromises, on November 1, 2025. – 42 million Americans will suddenly be left without government-aided access to food. – but this same government – YOUR government is spending $75 billion to TERRORIZE people, inside THIS country. It is making a choice – either feed its own citizens. – or. -build a police state.

***. “Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” [ Terry Pratchatt ]

Following is ONE story about what is happening in America as a result of “our’ president’s deportation regime. This story is told in: “Confronting thenReality of Deportation in a Conservative Town”. [ Nicholas Kristof; New York Times; 7/20/25 ]. Excerpts follow. Read the article!!!

1]. “Voters here in Oregon’s rural Yamhill County have backed Donald Trump for three presidential elections in a row..”

2]. “Then last month ICE detained Moises Sotelo, a beloved but undocumented Mexican immigrant who has lived in the county for 31 years and owns a vineyard management company employing 10 people…Sotelo was a pillar of his church and won a wine industry award – yet he was detained for 5 weeks and on Friday his family believed he was in transit and being deported to Mexico.”

3]. “Moises’ story just really shook our community,’ Elise Yarnell Hollamon, the City council president in Newberg, Sotelo’s hometown, told me. “Everyone knows him, and he has built a reputation within our community over the last few decades.”

4]. “The result has been an outpouring of support for Sotelo…More than 2,200 people have donated to a Gofundme for the family, raising more than $150,000 for legal and other expenses, and neighbors have been dropping off meals and offering vehicles and groceries.”

5]. “Bubba King, a county commissioner, put it this way: “We want tighter border security”. but also humane treatment of families.”

6]. “Judging from what unfolded here..voters may have wanted a tightening of the border and the deportation of criminals – but not the arrest of a longtime neighbor. They wanted Trump to pursue gangsters, not destory small businesses.”

7]. “Trump’s policy in his first term – which included ripping children from their parents and then losing track of 1,360 of those children…”

8]. “A rule of thumb is that whenever the foreign-born share of a population surges to somewhere around 15 percent, there is discontent. In the United States, the foreign-born share has tripled since 1970 and is now around 15 percent.”

9]. “No one makes excuses for Sotelo’s driving drunk. but one offense decades ago should not define his life.”

10]. “Even for Americans who welcomed more deportations, there’s something chilling about the militarization of the crackdown and echoes of police state practices…”

11] “consider also the financial cost of all this. ICE says that “the average cost to arrest, detain and remove an illegal alien is $17,121.” Thus the administration’s goal of one million deportations would cost $17 billion – and presumably be repeated annually..”

12] “Trump has more than tripled the annual ICE budget to $28 billion, making it the most expensive law enforecement agency in the federal government.”

13]. “Trump is also using officials from other law enforcement agencies to build a deportation army, meaning that fewer law enforcement officers are left to deal with homegrown criminals.’ [READ THIS AGAIN – Trump’s ignoring REAl criminals to make a big show of arresting NON-CRIMINALS ]

14]. “Here in Yamhill County, an agricultural area, there is also widespread concern that mass deportation will hurt the economy, with shortages of agricultural workers already reported.”

15]. “The Peterson Institute for International Economics calculated last year that mass deportation could cause a G.D.P. in 2028 to be 7.4 percent lower than it would be otherwise.”

16]. “Only 35 percent of americans approve of Trump’s handling of immigration…”

17]. “Trump is damaging America’s economy, Shattering families, and destroying small businesses.”

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out…..
because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out…..
because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out…..
because I was not a Jew.
And then they came for me…..
and there was no one left to speak for me.”
{ Pator Martin Niemoller, Nazi prisoner }

“Then, they came for the Lutherans….recent attacks against Lutheran Americans portend a much larger threat toward wide swaths of the American populace – Christians or not. Before you know it, you may be saying: “Then they came for me.”…….
“..Trump disavowed the Christian nationalist aims in Project 2025…Trump and his administration have in fact been following the Project 2025 playbook to a T.”
“Project 2025 is rooted in a particular idea white, conservative American Christianity. For Trump’s moves against agencies that support immigration and refugees..the proponents of Project 2025 must attack and delegitimize any forms of American Christianity that work to carry out the biblical mandate of “care for the stranger” and the poor..”
{ The Rev. Angela Denker; “And now Elon Musk is coming after Lutheran refugee organizations”; Minnesota Star Tribune; 2/6/25 ]

*** “You shall love your neighbor as yourself…The stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself.” [Leviticus 19: l8,34]

*** “There’s a name for a government based on xenophobia, demagoguery and greed: ‘kakistocracy’ – government by the worst people in society.” [Jim Hightower; “A Kakistocracy Takes Over Immigration Policy; “The Progressive Populist”; l/1/2025]

1] First – the Republican, Trump, Cynicism
“Senate GOP again blocks bill to tighten border” [S. Groves, M.C. Jablonick, R. Santana; Assoc. Press; 5/24/24]: “The legislation, negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators…The Senate legislation would provide money for Customs and Border Patrol Protection officials, asylum officers, immigration judges and scanning technology at the border – all things that officials have said the underfunded immigration and border protection system needs.”….
“Even before the bill was fully released earlier this year, Trump effectively killed the proposal by labelling it “meaningless” and a “gift” for Biden’s re-election chances.” [note: what else but CORRUPTION is this???]

2] Consider this BEGINNING of evidence on immigration:
A] “How can developed countries make immigration work? Ask Canada”. [Tyler Cowan; Bloomberg Opinion; 4/7/24]
B]. “Migrants are not taking ‘Black” jobs, U.S. data shows” [Fatima Hassein; Assoc. Press; 10/14/24]
C]. “Plans canceled for refugees cleared to move to the U.S.” {F. Amiri, R. Santana; Assoc.Press; 1/23/25]
D] “Who Are the Millions of Immigrants Trump Wants to Deport?” [A. McCann, A. Sun, E. Sullivan; New York Times; 1/26/2025]
E] “Think tank videos fuel falsehoods” [about noncitizens] [K. Bensinger, R. Fausett; New York Times; 9/8/24]
F]. “How a Broken Border Keeps Our Shopping Carts Full” [S. Eder, D. Ivory, M. Valdes; New York Times; 11/17/24]
G]. “Trump’s Assertions on Immigration” – Fact Check [Angelo Fichera; New York. Times; 12/24/23]
H]. “What if Trump Actually Deports 11 Million People?” [ Mother Jones – Special Investigation; Sept.-October, 2024]
I]. “You’re Fired! Trump’s Deportation Plan Would Gut Half Ag Labor Force” [ Alan Goebert; The Progressive Populist; 9/1/24] [***NOTE! – YOUR food costs WILL increase!!!]

3] Consider Other Cynical, Corrupt Factors:
“Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All of Us – Except Elites”. [Sonali Kohlhatkar; The Progressive Populist; 11/15/24]: “The right’s unhinged anti-immigrant rhetoric is putting people in danger – and letting the real villains off the hook…The United Nations identifies hate speech as a “precursor to atrocity crimes, including genocide”…Most importantly, the purveyors of anti-immigrant hate let corporate power and wealthy elites – like Musk – off the hook for the problems facing Americans…
“If right-wing politicians really want to help Americans struggling with economic stressors, they could ban hedge fund managers from buying up homes, support single-payer health care, increase the federal minimum wage, tax billionaires, divert money from war to climate, hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate crimes, and back a renewable energy transition.”

***** Trump and his enablers are a CANCER on EVERYTHING American. He’s an evil P.R. “genius” who has perfected the old “divide & conquer” maxim. Again – ho do Trump actions, rhetoric, policies “..benefit the general Welfare” ?????????
AND – WHO is coming for YOU ????????????????

Please consider the following in making a RATIONAL decision about Trump’s Immigration LIES:

1] “Significant immigration and border proposals introduced in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2023 AA. FAILED, largely due to REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION… the “Gang of Eight” U.S. Senators [4Republicans, 4 Democrats]..crafted a COMPREHENSIVE proposal to fix imigration 10 years ago, only to watch it die under..REPUBLICAN leadership of House Speaker JOHN BOEHNER…
“The proposal would have provided the kind of industry-specific, thoughtful approach we needed then and still need now…The immigration bill TRUMP. KILLED. this year would have done even more.” [Sabrina Haake; ll/1/24; The Progressive Populist] ****!!!*** read, then re-read this – immigration reform is a problem ONLY. because REPUBLICANS have refused to solve it. – keeping it alive as a political strategy – is this what YOU want???

2] “Data disproves Trump talking points on migrant jobs” [Fatima Hussein; 10/13/24; Associated Press]: “..government data shows immigrant labor contributes to economic growth..a mass deportation event would cost U.S. taxpayers up to a trillion dollars and could cause the cost of living, including food an housing, to skyrocket, economists say…
“..people in the U.S. illegally are not taking native citizens’ jobs because [they are jobs] native workers are unwilling to fill, such as agriculture and food processing jobs…
“Data also shows when there are not enough workers to fill these roles, firms will automate their jobs with machines and technology investments rather than turn to native workers.”

3] “…And How It’d Ruin America” [Mother Jones; September-October, 2024]:
A]. FOOD – “Half of all farmworkers in the United States are undocumented…a 50% decrease in the farm labor supply could result in a 21% increase in..prices of hand-picked crops..
Andrew Mickelson, Idaho potato farmer: “If [immigrant workers] just disappeared overnight, the sector would be devastated..I do not think..we in this country could grow enough food.”
B]. CARE – “Some 350,000 undocumented immigrants work in health care..142,000 are child care workers, personal care aides, and home heralth aides…160,000 are..cleaners and housekeepers…
“When former President Donald Trump talks about mass deportations and enforcement, he’s talking about eradicating the type of quality of life..Americans enjoy right now.”
C]. INFRASTRUCTURE – “..1.4 million [undocumented] people are employed in construction..more than 10% of the entire labor force…Trump’s deportation scheme would grind the construction of new housing to a halt, turbocharging the affordability crisis…”The economy would collapse.”
D]. SOCIAL SECURITY – “Unauthorized workers pay $13 billion a year into the Social Security system through payroll tax deductions, even though they’re not eligible for benefits.”
4} – “Expiration Date..Are We Almost Out of [Cheap] Milk?” [Marcela Valdes; 10/20/24; New York Times Magazine]: “What Peter does know..is that without foreign-born workers, his dairy could not stay afloat. Americans are understandibly reluctant to perform dirty, dnagerous and demanding work…In a 2012 study, Watson estimated..if Idaho cut its supply of foreign-born, less-educated labor by 50%, the state’s G.D.P. would fall by $905 million. In 2024..that number would only be bigger..”

5]. “Where Trump Leads, Immigrants Crucial” [Maya Rao; 10/20/24; Minnesota Star Tribune]: “Farm owner John Rosenow credits immigrant labor with sustaining his business, estimating..at least 90% of workers on Wisconsin dairy farms are unauthorized. He turned to Mexican migrants 25 years ago..when he could no longer find American citizens to do the work.” He believes if Trump does mass deportations, “It would devastate the $45 billion dairy industry in America’s second largest milk processing state.”

6]. “You’re Fired! Trump’s Deportation Plan Would Gut Half Ag Labor Force” [Alan Guebert; 9/1/24; The Progressive Populist]: “That’s a hard truth Trump and his political allies never talk about. Deporting all, most, or even a small number of thrse laborers doesn’t mean thise now-open jobs will be filled by unemployed Americans…”
“The vast economic research..Natasha Sarin.told U.S. News, “suggests just the opposite…GDP would actually fall and inflation would rise under Trump’s plan…The key reason for the job loss is the American labor force isn’t static, it’s dynamic; jobs are interconnected across industries…”
“The Congressional Budget Office..calculated the U.S. labor force will likely grow by 5.2 million people and $7 trillion by 2033 “thanks especially to net immigration..”
***Corroboration: “Immigrant surge steers economy around a recession” [Paul Wiseman, Gisela Salomon, Christopher Rugaber; 4/14/24; Associated Press] – native-born American workers, 25-54 dropping because so many aged out/retiring – “filling the gap has been a wave of immigrants’

******Suggestion: Read. “What If Trump Actually Deports 11 Million People?” – Mother Jones, September-October, 2024

Again – the PROBLEM is this: FEAR. over FACTS. – a recurrent FAR-RIGHT practice, 1980 – 202XXX – THINK!!!