"Immigrants without proper documentation have it much worse. Men, women and children are taken from streets, farms and factories into unmarked cars by anonymous agents; once in ICE custody, they're dying at the greatest rates in 20 years. These aren't all criminals. Far, far from it. The overwhelming majority of the deported this year have never been convicted of anything. Hundreds some with and some without criminal records have vanished without due process indefinitely into the prison systems of other countries infamous for torturing inmates."
"Welcome to Donald Trump's America. Things are not OK, and they are getting worse fast. But late last month something extraordinary happened: The president blinked. As Trump threatened to flood San Francisco, Oakland and, likely, the rest of the Bay Area with immigration agents and soldiers, Silicon Valley business leaders, including Salesforce's Mark Benioff and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, urged him to stand down. And, at least for the time being, he did."
Federal immigration agencies have carried out warrantless raids, masked helicopter insertions, and aggressive arrests that have traumatized law‑abiding citizens, including children, elderly people and a disabled veteran. Immigrants face even harsher treatment: people are seized from streets, farms and factories, placed in unmarked vehicles, and held in ICE custody where death rates have reached a 20‑year high. Most deportations this year targeted individuals without criminal convictions, while hundreds—some with records, many without—have disappeared into foreign prison systems without due process. A threatened deployment of agents to Bay Area cities prompted major tech executives to urge the president to stand down, and the deployment was paused.
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