• Optional@lemmy.world
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    Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, told the Chicago Sun-Times that the shooting happened after patrolling agents said they felt threatened by approaching vehicles and that the gunfire had been “defensive”.

    In a statement, DHS said that the woman had been named in a Customs and Border Protection intelligence bulletin last week for allegedly doxing agents and posting threats against Ice online. The woman’s name has not been released by the agency, and nor have any further details to corroborate these claims.

    The statement added that no agents had been injured during the incident.

    So they targeted her. Cool. Cool cool cool.

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    Can it not be more clear? You have nothing to lose by shooting back. They are going to kill you anyway.

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      I’m not sure if you’re joking, but if not - the US Border spans 100 miles inland, covering 66% of the population

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        lol, whoops. I was just imagining a land border. I didn’t consider that Great Lake to be a border with Canada. I grew up in Wisconsin, and I’ve never considered it a border. It’s mostly surrounded by US land.

        If you take a boat from Wisconsin to Michigan, do you cross into Canada?

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        Isn’t that also extended to 100miles around each international airport?

        IIRC, there is almost no place in the US where you’re safe from that bullshit

        And that is assuming that anyone even cares anymore about these rules. They can still just arrest you, jail you for months and have your case thrown out, who cares, they’ll arrest you again, and redo this merry-go-round until you leave or die.

        The US always had been a shitshow but now it’s just nazi Germany 1934