A bill intended to halt the supposed threat of “organized retail crime” would put ICE in charge of the federal response.

Crossposted from https://lemdro.id/post/44096665

Despite sustained opposition to DHS and ICE under Trump’s second term by congressional democrats, CORCA was co-sponsored by 13 Democratic members of the Senate, including Amy Klobuchar, Mark Warner, and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin.

bc of course Dick Durbin sponsored it.

  • Metostopholes@midwest.socialEnglish
    10·
    16 days ago

    According to the legislation, the perpetrators “are often polycriminal organizations, using profit from the reselling of stolen goods to support crimes involving drugs and weapons trafficking” while facilitating “human smuggling,

    Bro, please bro. We need ICE to disappear the shoplifters bro. I swear, they’re funding drugs and guns and human trafficking. Please believe me bro.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    16 days ago

    between him and pro military duckworth. ugh. I mean they both have done some good things but both very misguided.

  • red_green_black@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    15 days ago

    Psst. If you actually gave everyday people better economic conditions rather than having their paychecks being burnt into expenses they would have far less incentive to steal valuable goods from big box stores.

  • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    16 days ago

    Sweet, a federal police force in every city. It’s not like the Constitution was specifically written to prohibit that.