Reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining three people in Vermont who are in the U.S. illegally caught the attention of former Vermont governor and Dem presidential candidate Howard Dean:
ICE detains three undocumented leaders of immigrant rights movement in Vermont with no criminal record. ICE seems to have a political agenda
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) March 18, 2017
Similar arrests and even deportations happened during the Obama presidency, but now that Trump’s president more on the Left are beginning to take notice:
@justinhendrix They seem to be acting as Trump's Brownshirts. This has to stop! #ACLU
— Mme Devin Cow Curie (@MmeScience) March 18, 2017
@justinhendrix Acting like the SS, Gestapo, Republican Guard. Creating tremendous jobs…the best jobs…for bullies everywhere.
— JillieBeanBlue ? ? (@vikingwp) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/jack_slade50/status/843090115148894209
Officers with MAGA hat at home are eagerly brownshirting our law enforcement.
— Stacie Rose (@broadeyeview) March 18, 2017
How many times during campaign did we hear DT say that ICE "endorsed" him? https://t.co/mUyvXYQylb
— Inga Spoke (@MsIngaSpoke) March 18, 2017
However, the president said “It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years.” That president was Bill Clinton.