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I think ad hominems are fine when the lunatic in question mail bombs and injures/murders innocent people. Like what the eff are you talking about!?
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#212We like to think surveillance is something you can turn on for one problem and turn off afterward. In practice, that never happens. Once the machinery is in place, it stays and looks for new work. Tools justified today by "illegal immigration" won’t stop there. They drift into credit scoring, health insurance pricing, hiring and firing decisions, school admissions, housing access, travel permissions, banking, welfare…
This specific point is addressed in a famous 1995 anti-technology essay by Ted Kaczynski. Specifically paragraphs: 127. A technological advance that appears not to threaten freedom often turns out to threaten it very seriously later on. ... 128. While technological progress AS A WHOLE continually narrows our sphere of freedom, each new technical advance CONSIDERED BY ITSELF appears to be desirable. ... 129. Another r…
You have been citing the unabomber in multiple comments now and are writing manifesto sized wall of text comments, beware of where the line is.
Re: ICE is using facial-recognition technology to quickly arrest people
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Unfortunately for them they are technically criminals by entering illegally. They all knew they were taking a calculated risk by coming here, some made it, some did not. Agreed on the reform, we are in a pendulum stage now where the previous admin let too many in without reform (The first 3 years) and how it's gone too far the other way.
Overstay and unlawful presence are civil offenses, not criminal. Vast majority of undocumented people overstay visas and entered legally. Asylum seekers are being abducted and deported to countries they have no ties to. It's perfectly legal to cross borders without inspection to seek asylum.
Again, this is the purpose of ICE with broad Federal powers.
Why didn't the previous administrations change it? Perhaps next time they will?