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luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
Sun May 28, 2017, 05:57 PM May 2017

I think what they have done with the new extreme DHS and ICE has probably made many afraid to report

any terrorists. I'm sure they might be afraid of being deported or even charged along with a terrorist if they go report it now. Also with all the very active white supremacist hate groups doing attacks that are not even being spoken out against by Trump, I'm sure many do not feel safe from attacks from those same groups were their identities known. An example is the two Muslim girls that fled before the police came after the attack in Oregon. The girls had done no wrong, but I'm sure they were fearful of
even being spoken about or recognized by other members of that white supremacists hate group.

A climate of hatred towards foreigners has been created in this country. How can we expect these same fearful foreigners to now take their lives in their hands to report a hunch that someone might be a terrorist? It seems to me that such a climate of fear has been created that the chance of people reporting hunches has gone way down.

Worst thing the administration could have done IMO

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