Agents from the divisive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help support US security operations for the Winter Olympic Games in Italy next month, a spokesperson told AFP.

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    Excuse me but what the fuck? I can somehow rationalize the US wanting some additional security for their athletes. It’s weird but America is weird so whatever. But what part of fucking IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT agency indicates “we do operations on foreign soil”? Considering the level of their training they’re probably the biggest threat at the Olympics.

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    So we’re really just dropping the pretense that their scope of authority and responsibility is immigration enforcement, huh? They’re just Trump’s new personal militia to do with as he pleases?

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      Once they step foot in Italy they become what they sought to destroy

      Ironic…

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      It was obvious the moment they increased ICE funding 10x, to more than most militaries.

      It will take years to install nazi loyalists and culture throughout the existing military and intelligence agencies, so the nazis chose to convert a small federal agency into their own secret police; explicitly recruiting as many far right criminals, extremists, and terrorists as possible.

      ICE will be used to implement the military dictatorship by terrorizing all antifascists from here on out.

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        Exactly right. Increased budget, increased personnel, expanded “responsibilities” and Congress is not planning to defund or limit them.

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          At what point is all benefit of the doubt forfeited with the oligarch-controlled opposition? How overt does the fascism have to get before the fascism-voting Democrats are also considered nazi collaborators, and an enemy of the people?

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        They just know the Charlie Kirk shooter wrote it on their bullet casings, so they assume it’s something an “antifa terrorist” would sing…

        Well, they’re half-right…

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    well this is just right out of the Nazi playbook. If this is for Vance and whomever else then generally this is the job of the Secret Service but it’s clear now the administration doesn’t trust the SS and would rather have their own people involved. Hitler pulled the same shit with the SA.

    In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually Trump just dissolves the secret service in favor of ICE. It would be very convenient for them wouldn’t it? all of sudden your former political enemies (Obama, Biden, Clinton) no longer have Secret Service protection and they can either go without or have ICE…yeah nothing at all could go wrong here.