...justified in going after. Everyone hears them talk about criminals, and Trump says something about rapists, thieves, murders, traffickers, etc., but that is just them speaking for dramatic effect and to garner attention and some degree of acceptance of their position. All of that class of criminal should be removed via due process and the legal system. However, what the MAGA GOP really means to do is remove all deportable "criminals" regardless of degree of the offense. They would deport an undocumented immigrant for jaywalking. To the MAGA GOP, that would be their second crime: the first is just being here regardless of any circumstances. So, I am convinced that they believe that that old man was a criminal who finally got his comeuppance, and they will lose no sleep over his death. (It is as casual to them as Joni Ernst's defense of this MAGA GOP budget bill was to her at her town hall meeting weeks ago.)
There are so many things wrong with what is going on now. First and foremost, all of these masked cowards who don't have the courage to show their faces. If they were legitimate law enforcement, they would be wearing body cams, be unmasked, drive marked vehicles, be clearly identifiable, and carry judicial warrants. They do none of that.
Beyond all that, there is the fact that Stephen Miller seems to be personally profiting from investments related to ICE:
Stephen Miller’s Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir
Over a dozen Trump appointees in the White House and Department of Homeland Security have owned stock in the controversial company raising privacy concerns across the political spectrum.
Jun 24, 2025 | Nick Schwellenbach
Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s powerful deputy chief of staff and homeland security advisor, is more than just the architect of the administration’s hardline immigration policies: He has a personal financial stake in them. Miller disclosed from $100,001 up to a quarter million dollars of stock in Palantir, a tech company woven into the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and used by other federal agencies such as the Pentagon. That stock ownership is previously unreported; this new information comes from his financial disclosure, recently released by the White House.
Ethics experts say Miller’s deep involvement in ICE’s efforts and his financial stake in Palantir raises conflict of interest concerns.
Palantir has attracted controversy in recent months, in part due to bipartisan anxiety about the privacy impacts from its widespread access to government databases and former employees who have decried its work with ICE. Both issues have intersected with Miller and his wife’s White House roles (Katie Miller recently left the White House). But Palantir has also been a Wall Street star of late, potentially due to some of that same work. Palantir is the highest performing company in the S&P 500 this year. Its stock price is up by over 80% in 2025 so far. Palantir revealed last month in an investor presentation that its U.S. government revenue was 45% higher in the first quarter of this year compared to the same quarter last year.
Since the Obama administration, Palantir’s technology has given ICE the ability to draw together sources of information to more easily identify immigrants as targets for arrest, detention, and removal from the U.S. — ICE has described its services as “mission critical.” ICE has recently tapped Palantir to modify its data systems to provide “near real-time visibility into instances of self-deportation” as well as to “inform policy” and inform how ICE enforcement agents and other agency resources are used.
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https://www.pogo.org/investigations/stephen-miller-conflicts-of-interest
So, there might be a lot more which needs to be added to the litany of charges that you mentioned.
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