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ICE doubled its arrests in NC and Richard Hudson loves it NORTH CAROLINA DESERVES BETTER!

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WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE FAMILIES CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR LOCAL  ECONOMIES ACROSS THE NATION....THEY WORKED...BUILT BUSINESES....ABIDED  BY THE LAWS.....EDUCATED THEIR CHILDREN.... TRUMP'S IRRATIONAL MASS DEPORTATION LUNACY IS NOT A SOLUTION....  MORE LIKE A COSTLY INVESTMENT IN  IRRATIONAL POLICY THAT REMOVES  LAW ABIDING PEOPLE, HARD WORKING FAMILIES BASED ON RACISM - THE  COLOR OF THEIR SKIN - WITHOUT DUE PROCESS!  WUNC recently reported that ICE arrests in North Carolina doubled last year. More than 3,400 of our friends, family and neighbors were taken, most with NO criminal record at all. The data shows few convictions but a whole lot of chaos. Hundreds of people with pending charges have been swept up just to fill Trump’s good squad detention centers. Who could have predicted that handing badges and body armor to a bunch of backyard soldiers with zero strategy beyond racist vibes would turn into a humanitarian disaster? Richard Hudson is proud to ...

Operation Charlotte’s Web is an American disgrace

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  The day we warned you about has arrived: Trump’s jackbooted ICE goon squad just rolled into Charlotte and Raleigh.   It always starts somewhere else – Chicago, Los Angeles, DC – and then it comes home.   Now the raids are here, in our neighborhoods, outside our schools and churches, ripping good people from their families and calling it “law enforcement.” These are our neighbors, our coworkers, the folks who make this state run. The rock-solid people who serve meals, fix roofs, and care for our kids. ICE and Border Patrol call it “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” as if this were some sick backyard soldier game.   What they’ve unleashed is a pack of keystone cowards who couldn’t find a real threat if it walked up and introduced itself.   When the dust settles in city after city, the truth comes out: there are no violent criminals, no masterminds, no threats to public safety.   In Chicago, barely 2% of the hundreds ICE has hauled off had any criminal record at a...