Stephen Miller planning the Great Purge: Recruit ‘red state’ deportation army of law enforcement and National Guard to round up immigrants, rip them from their homes and community, and forcibly deport them.
@tusk81 It is not designed for immigrants. Stephen Miller may have a strong motivation to punish immigrants specifically, for whatever fucked-up reason, but the actual deeper reason for a private army like this is chiefly for domestic politics use, once they've broken the seal by extralegally going after immigrants.
Very literally, yes. A private police force like the Sturmabteilung or the Florida State Guard is one of the very last bricks to fall into place during a fascist takeover before the fireworks get started for real -- once they can challenge the state's monopoly on violence unconstrained by any oversight of court or legislature, there's very little to stop anyone who wants to from simply killing or imprisoning their opponents. We're almost there right now; the little inklings of people of the "right political persuasion" not being punished by the courts, or intermingling of people in civilian law enforcement with people in Patriot Front etc, are little sparks of it getting started for real.
I was talking with someone yesterday about tearing down the system (presumably meaning police, political parties, big corporations). My guy, I will never try to tell you not to work for change because things definitely need help, but a lot of that system is protecting you too. The things that can come in after the system falls away will make getting arrested at a protest seem like sunshine and sweet lemonade.
A preview of this deportation army is happening right in front of our eyes.
WIRED this month: “Far-right sheriffs want a citizen army to stop ‘illegal immigrant’ voters.” Of course, widespread non-citizen voting isn't a real thing.
On sheriff “told the audience that he already had a ‘posse’ of 150 deputized citizens.”
For Miller, these sheriffs are dream recruits for his deportation army. Harassing people of color has been a lifelong mission for him, as reported by Univision in 2017. Former classmates said Miller “used to make fun of the children of Latino and Asian immigrants who did not speak English well.”