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Border Patrol says Texas checkpoints to remain open during Hurricane Harvey

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KSweeley

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This is really fucked up, the Trump administration will be using Border Patrol checkpoints to check papers of people fleeing from areas forecasted to be affected by Hurricane Harvey: https://qz.com/1062835/hurricane-ha...points-will-check-people-evacuating-in-texas/

The Trump administration will check people’s papers as they evacuate from Hurricane Harvey

As Hurricane Harvey nears the Texas coast, thousands of people are evacuating along the state’s major highways to escape 125 mile per hour winds and “catastrophic flooding” that the US government predicts will accompany the storm.

In an unusual move, Border Patrol checkpoints, which check individuals’ documents to make sure they are legal residents of the US, will stay open as the storm approaches, the Customs and Border Protection agency said Friday in an emailed statement:

U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints in the path of Hurricane Harvey in Texas will close as state highways close. These closures will occur in a manner that ensures the safety of the traveling public and our agents. Border Patrol checkpoints that are outside of the path of the hurricane will remain operational. CBP will remain vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) highest priorities are to promote life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area, the maintenance of public order, the prevention of the loss of property to the extent possible, and the speedy recovery of the region. Anyone in the path of this storm should follow instructions from their local officials and heed any warnings as this dangerous storm approaches.

In previous storms, including Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Issac in 2012, the border patrol agency temporarily suspended its enforcement procedures.
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F

Fergie

Banned
It's truly amazing how much depths this administration will go into.

Unbelievable. So egregious I can't even get angry.
 
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Mikef2000

Member
This is cartoon levels of villainy.

If some poor illegals die because they stayed behind due to this, their blood is on Trump's hands.
 
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Jenov

Member
Either take a chance dying in a hurricane, or get deported? That's some inhumane fucking choices, so of course the Trump admin would force it on people.
 
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Gattsu25

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“This is a disgusting move from the Border Patrol that breaks with past practices,” American Civil Liberties Union director of immigration policy and campaigns Lorella Praeli said. “The Border Patrol should never keep checkpoints open during any natural disasters in the United States. Everyone, no matter the color of their skin or background, is worth saving.”
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Couldn't agree more!
 
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rjinaz

Member
He just has to shit things up. It's like he isn't worried about how America views him at all. That's what an echo chamber and cries of FAKE NEWS will get you I suppose. And because of that, the guy is finished come 2020 because he won't even try to change.
 
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Darth Pinche

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First of all Fuck Trump and anyone who follows him.

But given that the statement says check points within the path of the hurricane will be closed and others will be business as usual, what will be the impact of this? I have never been in such an evacuation, will it cause a domino effect of backups?

I am sure something or someone will be fucked here, I just want to understand how?
 
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dragonchild

Banned
cartoon villainy isn't even hyperbole.
Papers-Glory.jpg
 
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Cyanity

Banned
If a single person dies because they were too scared to drive through Trump's fascistic checkpoints, then Trump is a fucking murderer. FUCK TRUMP
 
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Dai101

Banned
I was chatting on twitter a few hours ago about this. This is beyond fucked up.

When you racist as hell that even a hurricane that threatens you can't stop your desire to fuck with minorities that are in danger. Damn
 
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Vimes

Member
Joe said:
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/901134244277354497
I don't trust ICE but they did put out a statement 5 hours ago saying they wouldn't be doing this.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflor...ol-checkpoints?utm_term=.dqPXOz3ww#.yu2P163rr
In a joint statement, Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they would not conduct routine noncriminal immigration enforcement operations at evacuation sites or assistance centers, like shelters or food banks. However, the agencies declined to clarify if this would include checkpoints as well.
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So they're trying to get people to calm down by generously declining to run immigration raids on evac centers in the middle of a statewide emergency, but they're still running checkpoints looking for people as they evacuate.

CPB and ICE are scum.
 
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Gattsu25

Banned
Joe said:
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/901134244277354497



I don't trust ICE but they did put out a statement 5 hours ago saying they wouldn't be doing this.
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The Trump admin considers ALL immigration enforcement operations to be criminal ones.

So that bullshit statement means nothing.

Also, ICE are the KKK with badges so fuck those assholes anyway.,

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Vimes said:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflor...ol-checkpoints?utm_term=.dqPXOz3ww#.yu2P163rr

In a joint statement, Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they would not conduct routine noncriminal immigration enforcement operations at evacuation sites or assistance centers, like shelters or food banks. However, the agencies declined to clarify if this would include checkpoints as well.
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So they're trying to get people to calm down by generously declining to run immigration raids on evac centers in the middle of a statewide emergency, but they're still running checkpoints looking for people as they evacuate.

CPB and ICE are scum.
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Like I said: Don't trust these monstrous assholes.
 
C

Cyanity

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mr jones said:
*shrug*

The administration has done worse.
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Are you SERIOUS? This could cause traffic delays that result in deaths. This could honestly be one of the dumbest things Trump's administration has done since the orange idiot took office. And that's saying something.
 
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