All of the state’s 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday as the state rushes to assist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
The agreements bring counties into compliance with part of a state law (SB 2-C) passed during a special legislative session this month aimed at boosting enforcement of illegal immigration. Under the agreements, sheriffs’ deputies with special training can process immigration “detainers” issued by federal authorities to keep inmates in jail. The inmates can be kept up to 48 hours before being picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Five Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies have that special training, with more to be trained soon, says Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly. The local jail, he said, has so far accommodated 10 inmates within ICE detainers, and is processing such inmates about twice a week. The county is not paid to house those inmates on detainers.
But Staly, who was at the FSA meeting today, said he is working on an agreement with ICE to make 100 beds at the Flagler County jail, also known as the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, available for ICE detentions of up to 72 hours per inmate, under a different program.
“My jail capacity is 404, and I’m running about 200, so we have actually offered ICE 100 beds in our jail,” Staly said, “and once the agreement is signed, ICE will pay the county I think $125 a night per ICE detainee, for up to 72 hours. So they have 72 hours to come get them under that scenario.” It’s possible that staffing would need to be ramped up, but not by much. Right now the jail is 100 percent staffed. Undocumented immigrants in that system are typically not individuals who go to internal classes, being there only three days, and don’t have to go outside the facility, so “the real impact is making sure they get fed their meals and they get their medical check, so it’s not a significant impact,” Staly said.
The sheriff sought to reassure the public–or correct misconceptions–about any kinds of sweeps, or of local deputies going on raids to round up undocumented immigrants. “That is the woke liberal message, and it’s not anywhere near the truth,” the sheriff said. “What ICE is focusing on, what my deputies will focus on, are illegal immigrants that are committing crimes, and the 1.4 million illegal immigrants that have had their full day in court and a federal judge has ordered them out of this country and they have snubbed their nose at the law and refused to leave.”
“We’re not going to schools, we’re not going to hospitals, we’re not going to churches, we’re not doing any of that stuff,” Staly said, nor are law-abiding migrants who are here without documents being harassed. Staly said the federal government needs to fix the system so people who want to be productive and law abiding can have their situations normalized. “That’s why we are focusing on those that commit crimes in our county,” he said. “They need to get out of this country, and those that have already been adjudicated and then said basically, screw you, I’m not leaving–No, you’re going to lave as soon as we find you.”
That’s what the “warrant service officer” program is focused on.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri has worked closely with Trump administration officials as they make changes to what is known as the “287(g)” program that allows local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts. (Flagler County’s jail has been a 287(g) jail for years, but the program was suspended the day Joe Biden took office, Staly said, which is why his deputies were already trained for it. It has now resumed.)
“Their priority is apprehending and deporting as quickly as possible those who are criminally illegal, public safety threats, national security threats, those who have been previously deported and come back again,” Gualtieri said Monday at a news conference in Winter Haven. “The most pressing need they have is people who are booked into our jails … so these people are not released back into our community to commit more crimes.”
Training for deputies to participate in the program, which Gualtieri said was also halted throughout former President Joe Biden’s tenure, is expected to ramp up quickly.
“Implementing the process under which all jails will be able to hold these criminals is well underway, and we hope to have it fully operational within the next 15 to 30 days,” Gualtieri said. “This is a big deal because it means criminals like these, people who kill, people who steal, people who break into people’s houses, people who rape kids, will be deported directly from jail and not released back to the street. … It just makes sense, from the jail out of here, as opposed to, (from) the jail back to the street.”
As state and local efforts accelerate, sheriffs warned that the Trump administration needs to quickly increase the number of beds available for undocumented immigrants waiting to be processed and deported. Federal immigration authorities have about 2,000 beds in Florida “and they’re full,” Gualtieri said.
The Pinellas County sheriff said he is holding 150 undocumented immigrants on detainers at his jail, which has 3,000 inmates.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said bed capacity is the “number one” issue for federal immigration authorities. Florida sheriffs are conducting an inventory of available beds, but the anticipated ramp-up of county enforcement efforts could “overwhelm the current ability to house people in days,” according to Judd.
“There’s not capacity in the Florida sheriffs or the county jails to make any negligible difference,” Judd said. (Flagler County is an exception in that regard.) “We will overwhelm this system very rapidly and we intend to work very aggressively but that’s why we’re here making this statement today. They have to create capacity.”
Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell, who serves as president of the sheriffs association, said sheriffs are getting educated about “very, very complex” immigration laws as the federal government revamps enforcement programs.
“It’s all very fluid,” Prummell said. “We’re all trying to catch on and learn how this works. … There’s a lot of chaos up there in D.C. still, so sometimes the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing up there. So we’re trying to get a whole handle on what’s going on up there so we can start implementing policies, procedures and what we need to do to get the job done, to keep our citizens safe here.”
The new Florida immigration law also created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, which is made up of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Attorney General James Uthmeier and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Decisions made by the board must be unanimous. The board met for the first time last week and named as its executive director Larry Keefe, a former North Florida federal prosecutor who served as DeSantis’ “public safety czar.”
Lawmakers during the special session also approved a measure (SB 4-C) that makes it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to enter or attempt to enter Florida. People who violate the law face a mandatory nine-month jail sentence. But it’s a misdemeanor, and as such the infraction must be proven and witnessed by a law enforcement officer, making arrest under those circumstances difficult.
Kara Gross, legislative director and senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, told reporters Monday that the law is “overly broad and vague” and will “lead to rampant racial profiling” of people who are perceived to be immigrants.
“This law and the rhetoric surrounding it create an environment that will inevitably lead to racial and ethnic profiling of anyone perceived to be an immigrant based on the color of their skin, the accent in their voice, the neighborhoods they live in, or the restaurants and businesses they frequent,” Gross said.
But the sheriffs pushed back when asked if the new laws would result in racial profiling.
“We’re tired of hearing that crap. That’s BS,” Judd said.
Local and federal officials are targeting undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes or those who have been ordered to leave the country, he argued.
“Take a deep breath. Save that crazy talk for somebody else. … We’ve got a plate full of illegal immigrants committing crimes and warrants to deport those that have flaunted the system, and all this crazy talk just scares people that don’t need to be scared. Just follow what the federal government tells you to do when they tell you to do it,” Judd said.
–FlaglerLive and Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
tony says
I guess staly will be looking for millions !!!! Thats his M.O.
Identity Crisis says
So, now we know the real reason most of the Departments don’t want to show mugshots anymore on there Law Enforcement websites. Browns faces bring a black cloud of publicity.
What’s funny is Flagler County along with the rest of these jurisdictions would continually collect $200 to $500 bucks a pop catching so-called illegals’ for no drivers licenses and turn them loose just to do it again. How about all the Good ole boy framers in the county out west with there big giant Trump signs having nothing but migrants working there farms??? One of those farms actually has what looks like barracks. Yes, there must be laws and regulations, but this is hypocrisy at its finest.
Matt says
Judd is correct ‘FOLLOW THE LAW’
hallelujah! finally we can begin to weed out all the illegal aliens.
thank you Sherriff Staly
nbr says
So the jail is renting space, to defray costs, which means, Flager county does not has enough criminals worthy of jail house space, which if it is a true reality, not enough criminals in the county to fill the beds. This is just a general comment and not a reflection on the Sherrif’s Dept
Sue says
That’s great!! That article.for most part explained what and how they are handling this situation! Go Staly!
Whatever_man says
All these guys are a bunch of bafoons staly has okayed his game the best stopping short of being. Trumper in public eye to keep respect of his rank and file yet only one sheriff spoke out about the Jan 6th riot pardons and that was Grady …….if you are a cop under these men you are basically being led by a bigot !
Samuel says
Is this what the taxpayers want??
Jackson says
Hopefully a rain shower of lawsuits will bankcrupt those States joining in this program. Joe Arpaio did something similar in Arizona and Maricopa County filed for bankruptcy after billions and billions of dollars in lawsuits !!
Wake up Capt. Obvious says
This is the Democrat in our lifelong Democrat Sheriff who turned republican when he decided to run for Sheriff here. He is afraid to round up “illegal” immigrants. They all committed a crime when they entered our country illegally. They all should be deported. He should be going to schools, churches, amd anywhere that illegal immigrants work and not be a wimp. We all know that nearly all the workers at all the construction sites in this county are ilegally here. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the obvious. Wake up Capt. Obvious…go get them all.
John Yankovicj says
About time and send the bed rate bill to Biden and the DNC!!!
DoubleGator says
I’m confused. If these people have already been convicted of a crime, why aren’t they already in jail? Which criminals aren’t already in jail? Thanks for a clarification.
Laurel says
Florida sheriffs, including ours, is supporting, and following direction of a 34 times convicted felon, and adjudicated rapist.
Huh! Times have certainly changed.
So that we can understand, in Flagler County, what are the actual statistics of immigrants committing crimes here? There should be plenty of records supporting the need. The vast majority of people here in Flagler County look rather white to me. I didn’t know there was an immigrant crime spree here.
It’s sad that our sheriff calls half of our citizens “woke liberals.” Seems prejudicial to me. I hope I’m wrong, but to hear our elected officials say things like “…crazy talk…” when people disagree, and “”Just follow what the federal government tells you to do when they tell you to do it,” Judd said.” sounds rather scary to me. What will Musk want next? Sadly, we’ll see.
Glenn says
Now the sheriff office is getting involved in politics instead of doing the job the taxpayers are paying them to do and it isn’t housing illegal aliens. Are they really illegal aliens or are they just individuals that have a different color skin other than white who discriminate?
Skibum says
Capt. Obvious, you seem to want to believe that every single person with brown skin who speaks Spanish or with an accent is in this country illegally. Florida, probably more so than most other states, has an extremely high percentage of immigrants… from Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean nations, Central and South America, etc. College graduates here in this GOP gerrymandered state are having to work at fast food take-out places for lack of better paying job opportunities, and yes, there are quite a few Spanish speaking laborers doing roofing and other construction jobs all over this state. But when you swipe with your broad brush and ASSUME that anyone not like you, or who doesn’t speak English like you is somehow an undocumented alien and should be deported, you are showing your racial and ethnic prejudice against those who you do not know and probably wouldn’t give a zip if they all died today, leaving their kids and families homeless.
I have no problem with any sheriff making some jail beds available to ICE for those who have actually been arrested for committing some type of crime an awaiting deportation. But you have to remember that anyone can be a victim of crime, and one of law enforcement’s primary goals is to encourage EVERYONE to work with law enforcement by reporting crimes, being willing to be a witness if they see a crime so they can help arrest criminals, and testify in court. If you start having local cops just going around our community and making raids, rounding up those with dark skin and accents and doing the federal government’s job of vetting people to see if they are here legally, then an entire population of people in our communities will STOP cooperating with local law enforcement by not reporting crimes, not being willing to speak out when they see a crime in progress, not willing to give statements or testify to get criminals convicted in court, etc. Many more immigrants are victims of crimes than they are going around committing them. I know that for a fact after a very long career in law enforcement! There has to be a balance, and local law enforcement needs to tread lightly and NOT do the feds’ jobs for them because our local communities’ safety and security will suffer the consequences when local cops are forced to be immigration officers, and that is a plain and true fact.
Florida Girl says
This does not hurt my feelings one single bit. Staley needs to look fully into our future, as I think he is attempting to do. We are talking about illegals that are criminals. Open them beds up and get them gone. They can try to come back again legally; it might go a little smoother for them.
Former american says
The convict Nazis in charge certainly don’t care about the laws and will destroy nations to avoid accountability. They will put people in concentration camps, pull kids from their families and defund cancer research for children. So there you have it not only did the con rip off a kids cancer charity he stopped research for their cancers. Hahaha that is the worst type of leader. Total stain!
Robjr says
Staley can talk about what should be and what could be all he wants.
He does not command ICE. ICE does as it wishes.
So don’t complain when the produce out in the county
does not get harvested, or your roof does not get replaced
and that house your were promised would be delivered on a
specific date, fuggedaboutit.
And the band plays on.
Endless dark money says
More misinformation and bullshit news from the republicans. The immigrant crime wave never existed in fact immigrants commit less crimes than natural born citizens. But red hats love the hatred.
Thomas Hutson says
Hey now king Staly is doing a fine job by offering 100 beds to ICE. Now let’s review King has 404 bed facility with full staffing. King is using 204 beds . King needs to fill these remaining 200 beds to account for its current cost. County Commissioners I hope you are following along with this contract for future budget hearings.
Brian says
That’s actually a pretty easy question, DoubleGator. For the last four years, Biden and The Cacklers’ beloved illegal criminals have been released back to the streets by their left-wing, liberal judges and prosecutors. Three perfect examples are the murderers of Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Rachel Morin. Google these names to see their sad and unfortunate stories – and many more.
Ray W, says
Nearly 30 years after his conviction and sentence of death, the U.S.S.C. just reversed the findings against the defendant (Mr. Glossip) and it sent the case back for a possible new trial. The ruling? While it wasn’t known at the time of trial, the testimony of a co-defendant on which the conviction hinged had long since been shown to have been false. The U.S.S.C. ruled that the state, once it became known that the testimony was false, cannot rely on false evidence to support any future legal arguments.
Make of this what you will.
Me?
I have commented a number of times on the Wilton Dedge case. Mr. Dedge was identified by a victim of a brutally violent rape a week after the commission of the crime. She had identified her attacker as about 6′ tall; he was about 5’5″ tall. He denied committing the crime.
At trial, she pointed him out to the jury as her attacker.
As the crime had occurred prior to development of DNA technology, no such testing could have inculpated or exculpated Mr. Dedge prior to trial. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
After nearly 20 years, and over the State’s objection, his DNA was tested and compared to the evidence collected by the detectives who had investigated the crime at the time it was committed. The results? His DNA did not match the semen left behind by the violent rapist.
At that moment, 19 years after he had been arrested, the State knew without doubt that Mr. Dedge had not committed the crime.
Did the State agree that he should be released, knowing that he could not have committed the crime? No, they argued for another five years that he should spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
Their argument? Mr. Dedge had been convicted by a jury and his judgment and sentence had been upheld by an appellate court. In other words, the value of a verdict was more important to society than the freedom of an innocent man.
As invalid as the State’s argument was, what followed was even worse. The trial judge bought into the stupidity of the State’s argument and ordered that he serve the rest of his life in prison, knowing he was innocent of the crime.
It wasn’t until the proceeding reached the 5th DCA that the rule of law, and common sense, prevailed. Mr. Dedge was ordered an immediate release. Actual innocence, and the freedom from an unlawful conviction and sentence that inheres in it, was, finally, more important to society than a verdict based on flawed testimony.
It took five years from the moment that the State knew Mr. Dedge was innocent for a judge to do the right thing.
To my knowledge, the State has never agreed that Mr. Dedge should have been released.
The victim was so horrified that her misidentification had led to the 24-year term of imprisonment of an innocent man that she began travelling around the country to speak to criminal defense lawyers at their seminars. I attended one such seminar. She thanked us all for our work and she exhorted us to keep doing what we were doing.
Mr. Glossip, the defendant at the heart of today’s ruling, likely will stand trial again. The knowingly false evidence will not be used against him this time. A jury may convict him again, based on admissible evidence. That does nothing to the fact that in Florida alone since 1976 30 death row inmates have been exonerated, meaning they cannot be retried, and released from death row. The national number of death penalty exonerations is approaching 200.
That means 30 teams of detectives erred when they filed a complaint affidavit against a defendant. That means 30 teams of prosecutors erred when they sought and obtained grand jury presentments and later filed notices of intent to seek death. That means 30 juries erred when they unanimously agreed to convict. And that means 30 judges erred when they adjudicated guilt and imposed sentences of death. As the systems analysts of my youth used to say: Garbage in, garbage out.
Many of the 30 Florida exonerations have been based on DNA testing after the fact that proved that the defendants could not have committed the crimes.
This is for the gullibly stupid among us. Arresting someone does not mean they committed the crime(s) alleged by the police; it means that after a judge approves the complaint affidavit at First Appearance, sufficient probable cause exists to hold the defendant. Yes, I know that some people derive pleasure from condemning others before better informed people engage in the process of prosecution and conviction, but even those who are better informed than the gullibly stupid among us get it wrong far too often.
I am going to say this over and over again. Our founding fathers knew that the gullibly stupid would always be among us. They took the political power to convict away from the people and gave it to the judicial branch of the government. Only a judge or a jury can convict. The gullibly stupid among us no longer have the political power to convict. They will always have the individual right to say that someone is guilty of a crime before guilt is found and we all have to live with their gullible stupidity.
The comparatively few undocumented immigrants now being rounded up? If they have not been convicted of a crime prior to detention, then it follows that they are not yet criminals. Yes, if a prosecutor decides to seek a conviction for misdemeanor trespassing against a 32-year-old woman who was brought into the country 30 years earlier by her parents, she might then become a criminal trespasser, because our federal legislature did not create a statute of limitations for the crime of trespassing at the border. Every other misdemeanor has a statute of limitations, usually one or two years. But not for immigrants. That two-year-old undocumented immigrant might have shined a bright light in school. She might have married an American citizen. She might have started a family. She might be an entrepreneur who built a business up from nothing to eventually providing jobs for American citizens. To the gullibly stupid among us she will always be a criminal.
Our president has the same individual right to claim that undocumented immigrants are criminals as does the gullibly stupid among us, but he is no smarter on that point than all the other gullibly stupid people among us are.
Under our rule of law, until a judge or a jury says that an undocumented immigrant has committed a crime, the immigrant is not a criminal. Every reporter in journalism school is taught this in Journalism 101.
When President Trump lied to the American people and said that Colombia had agreed to accept American military planes filled with Colombian immigrants after the first flights had been turned back, claiming the Colombia had backed down, he did not tell the American people that he was the one who had backed down.
The initial flights were filled with Colombian immigrants who had been shackled as if they were criminals. Colombia knew that many of the shackled immigrants had not been convicted of a crime while they had been in the U.S., so it refused to allow the military planes to land. When the Trump administration caved and agreed to never again shackle immigrants bound for Colombia, Colombia allowed the planes to land.
Endless dark money says
It more of a distraction while they give themselves billions of your tax dollars and eliminate programs that help people. It’s called domestic terrorism. The gop are the real criminals.
Judith G. Michaud says
So sad to see what our country is becoming! President Obama deported over 12 million illegal immigrants, but ALL were criminals! The ones that were not were honest, hardworking people. They were given the opportunity to become citizens and were helped through the process! It is deplorable what is happening now! These are human beings trying to survive like the rest of us! Our country now has sided with Russia over Ukraine, so I guess is the way we are headed! The Felon has made a message when he decided to stand with one of our worse adversaries! I am old, so it won’t affect me much, but I grieve for my children and grandchildren and yours! God help us all!
Pogo says
@Joining the club
As stated
As stated
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+central+america
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+argentina
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+chile
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+syria
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+yemen
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+iran
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+north+korea
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+china
Ibid
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+disappeared+russia
Pig Farmer says
I know the location of a certain South African that should be arrested and deported. Fraud and impersonating a government official. Go get him!
Skibum says
Ray W. makes many excellent points and continues to be a beacon of knowledge and insight, especially when it comes to criminal matters. It is indeed both frustrating and sad that we have so many of the “gullible stupid” among us in today’s society. I’m referring to those who rail against immigrants, whether they came legally or were forced to do otherwise because of our decades long broken down immigration system that Congress and whoever is president cannot seem to come up with any agreement to fix. So while someone who sneaks over the border may technically be trespassing into our country and could in extreme circumstances be hauled into court and convicted of a mere misdemeanor federal crime (oh WOW!!!), the maga mob, along with the “gullible stupid” among us would cheer, saying how we must all obey the law and hold criminals responsible… while at the same time standing there and yelling their support for our current occupier of the WH, who is a CONVICTED FELON that they ignored all of their ridiculous mumbo jumbo about holding criminals accountable when they voted him into office regardless of the fact that a jury of drumph’s peers heard and reviewed the mounds of evidence against him, and then upon deliberation, found him guilty of all counts – 34 felonies!!! So I’m wondering, who is it that drank the cool-aid and will boldly raise their hands and admit to the sane among us that they are part of the “gullible stupid” among us? Anyone? Anyone?
Laurel says
My Republican husband’s Republican mother told him it’s about the pecking order. Those who do not feel good about themselves need someone to be below them.
Sherry says
Thank You Skibum!
Skibum says
My pleasure, Sherry… and so far, the silence from the maga mob among us is deafening, not wanting to raise their hand and speak to defend their ironic stance on touting immigrants as criminals but drumph, who is a real criminal and a convicted felon, is somehow not. Gee, they must all be sufficiently embarrassed by facts that they are at a loss for words! Shameful, I say.
Shark says
If staly and his people did their jobs the jaill would be full with real criminals !!!! The real criminals are the ones hiring the immigrants on the farms right outside of his home on Crescent Lake !!!
Ed P says
Skibum,
I kept waiting for someone to take the bait. My ask is to read this thoughtfully.
Not Doxing but in an earlier post, didn’t you say you were retired and in law enforcement?
Curious. Would you expand?
Ray W certainly doesn’t need a surrogate to correct his post, however “gullibly stupid” is actually comparing two causes of negative outcomes that don’t correlate well. I mean someone stupid probably doesn’t have the faculties to realize gullibility.
Would you please unpack the exact 34 felonies that Trump was convicted of?
The gullible might find it quite surprising it revolves around just 1 “ crime” stretched 34 times. Please explore. 12 payments totaling $130,000. Charges for 11 of the invoices received. 11 for paying those invoices. 12 for posting those expenses. 34 total. For work performed by book keepers, and a CFO who work for Trump. You can’t make this up. No one was defrauded, no money was embezzled and NDA are like grains of sand today.
On to the immigrants. The majority of Americans know that most immigrants are not criminals. This same majority of Americans are tired of being gas lighted when for years they were told that very few illegals if any were criminals. The reality and truth is being revealed. To use a left expression, the curtain has been pulled back. For anyone to say illegal criminal migrants are not a problem, is disingenuous. To say a smaller percentage of illegals commit crimes then Americans is absurd, because if they weren’t here illegally, none of them would be committing crimes on US citizens. I suspect your reference of many immigrants have crime committed against them is by other immigrants and goes unreported. I’m sure there are some biased crimes occurring. I accept that premise.
I would submit, that most Americans are not gullible enough to any longer believe that the crush of 10-12 million unskilled, non English speaking migrants were not, are not, being forced to rush our borders. Your words. “Forced”
I would also suggest you have a sip of reality kool-aid and investigate that the actual cost of this group is in fact siphoning social dollars away from the most needy Americans. Fact not fiction. If they are consuming tax dollars (and this group is) then our citizens are shorted those dollars in one fashion or another.
Our broken immigration system is not to blame. These migrants are enticed, not forced to make the journey. To think anyone would even suggest we should use these people to perform jobs that most Americans won’t take is in fact racist and bigoted. Shame on the libs.
Finally, our country is financially broke. Deficit spending has to end. It is not unpatriotic nor an apologetic cause to want our hard earned tax dollars spend wisely by the elected and non elected government officials. Cutting waste and bloat is necessary.
As difficult as it is for you to over look Trumps character faults, I equally feel the same about denial of common sense and reality that brought us to this divide.
It appears to be completely different narratives from each side.
Sherry says
Good Morning Skibum! Speaking from the heart, “I” would be so relieved to hear just one of the local diehard Maga cult members even hint that they are shameful or embarrassed by the horrific “Demonization” of hard working migrants who are simply doing whatever they can to create a better life for their families.
Without the protections and benefits of things like minimum wages, those migrants are willing to climb up on Florida roofs in the August extreme heat to our protect homes, pick the crops and work in slaughterhouses to feed our bellies, clean the toilets in our hotel rooms, etc. etc. I really want to hear from anyone who wants those jobs. Anyone? Anyone?
Meanwhile, those same Maga Cult Members are also NOT embarrassed or ashamed that they voted for a “Convicted Felon and Adjudicated Sexual Predator” for President. I know there are those who think we should just call out trump, musk, and their minions. . . but, the people that continue to support trump, “no matter what” are his “Enablers”. Without their support, trump is NOTHING and would likely be in jail.
What will finally break the Maga Cult Stupor? I fervently ask the universe for the return of the “United” States of America each and every day!