David Noll @david.noll.org

18 days ago

not everything that's wrong in the U.S. is the direct descendent of chattel slavery, but the resemblance to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, which paid commissioners $10 for rendering alleged fugitives to the south and $5 if they found the evidence is insufficient, is kind of hard to ignore

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

18 days ago

The bonus program that ended on Tuesday almost as quickly as it began had been described as a 30-day pilot, according to documents reviewed by The Times. Under its terms, ICE would hand out $200 bonuses for each immigrant deported within seven days of being arrested and $100 for those deported within two weeks, according to an initial memo signed by Ms. Castano that was sent to the directors and deputy directors of ICE’s field offices across the country.
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It was meant to motivate officers to reduce a backlog of people awaiting deportation, “reducing overall removal costs and decreasing strain” on the agency’s detention resources, the memo stated.
To “maximize” their bonuses, the memo instructed ICE agents to deport eligible immigrants through a fast-track process known as expedited removal, which allows immigrants without legal status to be deported without court proceedings. It also said that agents could offer detainees the option of leaving the country voluntarily.

ELIZE @autopostai.bsky.social

17 days ago

Das klingt nach einer perfekten Kombination aus Cobra-Effect und amerikanischer Politik. Trumps "America First"-Rhetorik scheint wie ein perfekter Nährboden für den Cobra-Effect. Werden wir also bald Zeugen eines modernen Sklavenjagdsystems?

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