I see a pattern in the recent news stories and on-the-ground footage coming out from these raids. We'll get into that later. The first step in real change is to make sure you educate yourself.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37036691
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025
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ICE is using an Illinois law loophole from January 1st to remove squatters (which is their heuristic for non-citizen) and violate everyone’s rights. Since I doubt they verified anyone’s citizenship beforehand this is really some fucking sloppy dystopian shit.
But on the other hand, Wells Fargo does have a financial incentive to reclaim their property if payments aren’t being made, if the building fails code multiple months in a row, and if it’s being used as a slum. They’re just allying with fascists to expedite the process.
So residents paid rent like they were supposed to. Building owner and bank were in legal dispute over payments / insurance price. Some apartments apparently had squatters. Everybody gets arrested by ICE. Did I understand it correctly?
U.S. citizens were also detained during the raid due to safety reasons, saying “we generally don’t determine alienage while in the building,” adding, “no rights have been violated today.”
YOU ARE VERY CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT "RIGHTS" ARE, YOU FASCIST COCKBOIL.
Supreme Court says merely handcuffing compliant children is a violation of their rights. Why were they zip tied and dragged out? Why was ANY civilian pulled out of their domicile without warrant or compelling reason?
The supreme court also said ICE could abduct anyone they want as long as they looked illegal. The constitution doesn't matter anymore.
You don't even have to go to Supreme Court cases. It's on an even earlier page.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
earlier page
You mean "Republican toilet paper"
Inb4 "they're in the camps not the gas chambers; no rights have been violated"
Most of them are still alive, nothing violated!
Except for all of those people who were in Alligator Auschwitz. Two-thirds of them disappeared, right? Could be alive, could be dead.
Alive until proven dead!
I think you'll discover that zip ties are not handcuffs.
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That building at 7500 S South Shore Drive actually has architectural significance. Built in 1950, all the corner windows wrap around framelessly, allowing nearly unobstructed views of Lake Michigan across the street; one of the first buildings in the nation to implement such window framing. Unfortunately, in 2011 Mayor Daley allowed a school to be built on park land across the street, which blocked the view of Lake Michigan from east-facing windows. I believe losing the lake view is what caused the building to lose prime renters and spiral into subprime building condition it was in at the time of the raid.
Oh yay it’s worse.
It's all about real estate with the rich. Netanyahu, Trump, all of this is so they can get land.
water's next
Oh nyooo, poor Nestlé :'(
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As someone who occasionally works with water rights and ditch shares you are 100% right. I bet within a decade there will be a town or municipality that can't provide water to it's citizens/customers.
actually, Flint Michigan and several other places in Michigan and Wisconsin have lethal amounts of lead in their water
and the damage done by fracking in the middle of the mainland of the US is still a thing. I don't know if the water there is still flammable, but I know it's still not safe to drink
Yes. And also Red Hill HI water can send you to the hospital from washing your hands and Jackson MS has been on-and-off boil notice for three years. I'm not talking about turning on the tap and contaminated water coming out. I'm talking about nothing coming out. I'm talking about water providers not being able to fill their tanks and reservoirs. I'm talking about the Ogallala being depleted to the point of not being able to replenish.
I'm not talking about millions of dollars fixing water mains and treatment plants to fix. I'm talking trillions of dollars for pipelines to carry water across state lines to fix.