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BumRushDaShow

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15. The Philly Inquirer
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 03:05 PM
Jun 16

had a breaking news yesterday -

Philly immigrants received a Father’s Day surprise: orders to report to ICE

by Samantha Melamed and Michelle Myers
Published June 15, 2025, 4:18 p.m. ET


A Pottstown resident who would give her name only as Kathy Lou paced the sidewalk outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Center City on Sunday morning, waiting to see if her husband would be permitted to leave. “It feels a bit off,” she said in Spanish, fidgety with anxiety and shivering from the cold.

This was a long way from the joyous surprise of a family barbecue that Kathy Lou and her 12-year-old son had been plotting for Father’s Day. And they were not alone in the predicament. Immigrants across Philadelphia received terse text messages or app notifications on Friday evening, demanding they come to the ICE office on North Eighth Street on Sunday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The notification did not specify a reason for the invitation. But it did include a warning: “Failure to report as instructed will be considered a violation.” Lawyers and community organizers called the message highly unusual, because of the short notice and the vague time frame. It was unclear how many people received the orders, and how those individuals were selected. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

Emma Tuohy, an immigration lawyer and chair of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said one person who already had a deportation order contacted her late Friday after receiving the directive.

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So I expect the same thing happened yesterday nationwide in the big cities - setting the honey trap.

Thing is, many in the cities are working in the so-called "exempted" hospitality field because most of the big hotels are IN cities (but it probably won't matter because they want to do ethnic cleansing of this country).

It's time for these folks (the organizations and lawyers who support them) to assume the WORST and proceed from there.

I.e., "plan for the worst but hope for the best".

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Petulant little pissant (R) BoRaGard Jun 16 #1
Escalation. HE is a domestic enemy of We the people. He wants civil war. N/t Evolve Dammit Jun 16 #2
I cant rec you enough! Exactly as i feel. slightlv Jun 16 #7
Thanks. Comes from my gut, my mind, my lived experience, and my heart. . Evolve Dammit Jun 16 #20
You gotta wonder... what happens to these people. Is it the money that turns them evil slightlv Jun 16 #22
What a great post! I hear you and appreciate your thoughts. We have mostly great neighbors, which helps a lot. Evolve Dammit Jun 17 #23
In bdamomma Jun 16 #10
Houston, Dallas cannabis_flower Jun 16 #3
But...but...but Freddie Jun 16 #4
Sloppy TACO always plays every number on the wheel... Hugin Jun 16 #5
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were told on Thursday to halt raids on farms, restaurants, and hotels progree Jun 16 #6
I guess repugs should know better slightlv Jun 16 #8
And Meatpacking plants. maxsolomon Jun 16 #12
This is the plan. All they want to do is provoke demonstrations and riots in the blue cities. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 16 #13
Oh bdamomma Jun 16 #9
It's a planned set up DENVERPOPS Jun 16 #11
The Philly Inquirer BumRushDaShow Jun 16 #15
Even Republicans are getting upset DENVERPOPS Jun 16 #16
But you'll note that many of them STILL SAY BumRushDaShow Jun 16 #17
Through the decades DENVERPOPS Jun 16 #18
Intimidating Voters Owens Jun 16 #14
Intimadating voters is a crime--but a person would have to bring a law suit (I think). riversedge Jun 16 #19
Why not Red cities? Mz Pip Jun 16 #21
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