Posted on 02/17/2020 11:06:07 AM PST by bitt
Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D) and Ed Markey (D) expressed “grave concerns” in a letter Sunday about reported plans to deploy Customs and Border Protection (CBP) SWAT teams into so-called sanctuary cities.
In the letter to the heads of CBP, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the two addressed the CBP announcement that its Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) will be deployed to several cities that refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration on immigration enforcement.
"The BORTAC deployment to Boston and other cities is unnecessary, unwelcome, and dangerous. But the specter of heavily armed, military-like personnel in our cities will accomplish one thing: provoke fear," Warren and Markey wrote.
"We write to demand that you reverse course and to pose questions to better understand your rationale for employing paramilitary-style immigration personnel...in Boston and elsewhere in the United States,” they added.
In the latter, Warren and Markey called for the department heads to describe how many of the 100 CBP personnel deployed to assist ICE are BORTAC members, what communities BORTAC will be deployed in, what specific orders the teams have been given, and how many BORTAC agents have been deployed to Boston.
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these 2 senators are absolutely tone deaf.
If the cities had directed their police forces to do the right thing in contacting ICE, this wouldn’t have been necessary
“But the specter of heavily armed, military-like personnel in our cities will accomplish one thing: provoke fear,”
I don’t remember these two wastes of skin bitching during the search for the Tsarneav brothers.
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Let’s start referring to these places by a name more accurately descriptive: “Traitor Towns”.
These people sure love their undocumented workers, ie, slave labor.
WAAAAAA......
Let us hope that amongst their weaponry are such diverse elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency...
What? worried about the strongarm of government?
OK for me but not for thee?
Have they looked at the tac teams in their own towns? And the SS modeled their uniforms from the MA State Police. But, yeah, they look like those army-type-guys. Oooohhh....I am so scared. //s
Nice to see these lawless RATS choking on it....
This is exactly what I’ve been hoping for. As a former Border Patrol agent and member of SRT and later BORTAC, I wish I could come out of retirement to take part in the op. Let the fun begin!
They better get used to it.
I have far, far less fear of our military or border patrol than I do of the illegals they are trying to round up.
Ok Freepers hang on!! We’re not just talking about concerns here we’re talking about GRAVE concerns and you know that can be like...well you know pretty grave in and of its self.
We must be careful to not cause fear and apprehension among the illegal border jumping scum.
This goes, as well, for counties and states. If they won't allow the Federal Government to actually do one of its few Constitutional duties, and actually puts Federal personnel at greater risk in the performance of their duties, jerk all the goodies We the People are paying for, and let them see how that goes.
I want all illegal aliens to have lots of fear...24/7. Get out of OUR country, you bums. Taken your spawn with you. While you are at it, take any DIM/LIBs/Leftists who will go with you.
“these 2 senators are absolutely tone deaf.”
No....the people that vote for them are tone deaf.
Marko
These people sure love their undocumented workers, ie, slave labor
They also love their votes.
Tell them to shove it!
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