Re: ICE Brags About Arresting 700 "Alien" US Citizens

Governor Swill <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 

> On Fri, 5 Jun 2026 23:17:27 -0600, Gronk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>>zendejo wrote:
>>> On 5/30/26 12:20 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
>>>> Lee <[email protected]> wrote in news:XnsB45C772D9471DLeegmailcom@
>>>>> The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags
>>>>> That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens
>>>>>
>>>>> A SPACE-THEMED WHITE House website that
>>>>> mocks immigrants and compares them to
>>>>> extraterrestrials claims Immigration and
>>>>> Customs Enforcement has arrested almost
>>>>> half a million people in nearly 12,000
>>>>> cities and towns in the United States.
>>>>> In 715 of the locations listed, the site
>>>>> identifies at least one of the people
>>>>> arrested as being born in the United
>>>>> States. In 83 of the locations, every
>>>>> single arrestee is reported to be an
>>>>> American.
>>>>>
>>>>> In more than one-fifth of the locations
>>>>> the site flags as the site of an arrest,
>>>>> no criminal charges are recorded. Puerto
>>>>> Rico, a US territory whose residents are
>>>>> American citizens, is mapped on the site
>>>>> as a separate jurisdiction; in one row,
>>>>> the site lists Puerto Rico itself among
>>>>> the foreign countries the arrestees came
>>>>> from.
>>>>> https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-aliens-gov-us-citizens-arre
>>>>> sted/ 
>>>>
>>>>      "Illegal aliens"
>>>>
>>>>      From Puerto Rico
>>>>
>>>>      Only a MAGA could be that stupid.
>>> 
>>> Only a Hollowman could waltz right past the facts in his own
>>> citation: 
>>> 
>>> "in one row,the site lists Puerto Rico itself among
>>> the foreign countries the arrestees came from."
>>> 
>>> AI Overview
>>> 
>>> Illegal migrants from Puerto Rico generally fall into two
>>> categories: foreign nationals who used Puerto Rico as a stepping
>>> stone to enter the U.S. mainland illegally, and U.S. citizens from
>>> Puerto Rico. 
> 
> When AI tells you American citizens can be illegally present in the
> US, you know something has gone wrong.  Perhaps a touch of Artificial
> Stupidity?
>  


    "AI overview" no better a source
than Facebook or Reddit. Those using
it are too lazy to cite a legitimate
source. 


>>> Because Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, travel to the mainland is 
>>
>>Territory, NOT coujntry.
>>
>>> domestic, making it a frequent transit point.
>>> 
>>> Foreign Nationals Using Puerto Rico as a Transit Route:
>>> A major route involves foreign nationals (often from the Dominican 
>>> Republic and Haiti) crossing the dangerous Mona Passage by boat to
>>> reach Puerto Rico.
>>> 
>>> The Journey:
>>> About 80 nautical miles separate the Dominican Republic from Puerto 
>>> Rico, with some smugglers using the uninhabited Mona Island as an 
>>> intermediate drop-off point.
>>> 
>>> Moving to the Mainland:
>>> After arriving in Puerto Rico, many of these migrants try to travel
>>> to the U.S. mainland. Since there are no border checkpoints for
>>> domestic flights between Puerto Rico and states like Florida or New
>>> York, some successfully bypass initial entry screening, though
>>> authorities actively patrol domestic transit hubs.
>>> 
>>> Apprehensions:
>>> The U.S. Border Patrol Ramey Sector (which covers Puerto Rico and
>>> the U.S. Virgin Islands) regularly interdicts foreign nationals
>>> attempting to land on the island.
>>> 
>>> You are so damned STUPID, Hole-man!
>>
>>AI overview - Puerto Rico is NOT a country. Nothing you
>>posted has any thing to do with that. All you ended up
>>doing is show you're as stupid as the low info types
>>who put that on the site. They were counting on snagging
>>the gullible, and they got you.