ICE Admits It Investigated a Critic Based on Constitutionally Protected Speech
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New the standard of proof for the US government's investigatory actions went from:
to
"What are you gonna do about it, punk?"
... in like 6 months. Of course ICE acts with local law enforcement, state and local prosecutors, and other corporations that leverage the US federal extermination camps so that these are not just a federal problem but state and local, too.