Is ICE Targetting Immigrant Business Owners for Deportation in Hopes of Getting Bribes?

[McCamy Taylor]

Someone has to ask it. There have been too many cases like this one recently. Long time resident immigrant business owner (employees 20 workers) with no criminal history at all (except overstaying his Visa) with a US born wife and three US born children suddenly hauled off to jail and threatened with deportation to a country he left twenty years ago.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/25/she-thought-trump-would-deport-bad-hombres-instead-hes-deporting-her-law-abiding-husband/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-national%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.204fc74dc7da

No way this is a "bad hombre." However, he is an hombre with some money. Which begs the question--how many of these hard working immigrants are getting the shake down?

It is time someone started putting wires on immigrants during their interactions with immigration agents. Better yet, let's do a little undercover journalism, have reporters pretend to be immigrants with assets. I will bet that it will take less than a week to catch someone in federal law enforcement demanding money. Because Trump's self styled outlaw base thinks that shaking down hard working business owners for money is a legitimate way to make a living if they can get away with it. And now, thanks to their Bandit King Trump, they can get away with it.

Donald Trump--making America safe for con men, loan sharks, heroin dealers and rapists.

[tblue37]

1. K&R. nt

[LonePirate]

2. These deportations are motivated by racism. Business owners are simply high profile and easy targets

When a business owner is targeted, word gets around and the deplorables see it as yet another successful implementation of 45's (racist) promises.

[rogue emissary]

3. Good catch.

Hadn't thought of that but it's becoming a common story. I can think of at least three incidences where this happened. They all seem to occur in red states or a conservative district. The report describes the owner as a beloved local business person. A Repub customer saying they didn't think Donny would deport someone they liked.

[lsewpershad]

4. Corruption

Top down... now at the bottom rounds.