Trae Palmer

@traepalmer.bsky.social

He/him. Comp sci background. Frankenfood plant-based. Likes the spicy variety of this food and obscenely caffeinated beverages, all with a side of skepticism. linktr.ee/trae_curieux

"ICE doesn’t just remove people; it changes behavior among those who remain. When immigration enforcement intensifies, workers become significantly less likely to report safety violations, even as injury rates rise in workplaces with large immigrant workforces."

Why Labor Unions Can’t Ignore ICE

From agriculture to meatpacking to service work, immigration enforcement functions as labor discipline. Minnesota’s mass strike against ICE points toward a reckoning with the agency that the labor mov...

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They also apparently told them that if a vehicle is fleeing and the license plates are already on video, to just let it depart and agents from another agency can visit the home of the driver later...something obvious and that should have been policy from day one 🙄

ICE Agents Told The Obvious After Renee Good's Killing, Says Source

“Not standing in front of vehicles, especially when the driver is still there, is common sense,” one agent told HuffPost.

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This is also the same press conference at which an attendee fainted and Trump proved himself to be of no more use than a dullish pet who falls asleep on the floor, awakens at the sound of someone accidentally knocking a tchotchke off an endtable, and walks over to just stare at the entire situation🙄

Trump Caught Napping During White House Event, And Gavin Newsom Has The Perfect Troll

The president got a serious case of the sleepies while Dr. Oz rambled on about how Americans are too fat.

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