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The police state tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the outright abuse of due process and civil liberties.

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All those motherf***ers who are out there arresting U.S. citizens, violating habeas corpus and bending rules to enforce a police state deserve a lot more than a sandwich dumped on them.

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This may not yet fit the technical definition of a police state, but it’s sure beginning to look like one.

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What better way to demonstrate our new constitution-shredding, authoritarian police state?

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If all of the parts of this order are successful, they would also usher in pathways to a police state.

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