Thread by @PMatzko

Are you alarmed at non-uniformed, camouflaged, paramilitary "law" enforcement who've been sent to Portland against the wishes of the duly elected governor and mayor in order to abduct people off the streets?

One of the groups responsible is the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC). Civil libertarians have been warning for years that the Border Patrol has supra-constitutional powers to search without a warrant, arrest without probable cause, and deport citizens without due process.

And we raised cane when the Supreme Court upheld their right to do so deep inside America, not just along the border. Which means that today, nearly 2/3 of Americans fall under Border Patrol jurisdiction.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Which means that we've created what amounts to a national secret police that operates at the sole discretion of the executive branch, which is currently controlled by a person willing to use that power to gain advantage in the upcoming election.

We've seen severe erosion of the democratic norms that govern our Republic recently, but this takes the cake.

Every official involved--from the officers overseeing the op all the way up to the acting DHS secretary & beyond--should be immediately impeached or fired.

Hopefully, the creeping realization that they're cogs in a fascistic machine will lead more rank-and-file CBP agents to resign.

Here's a @FreeThoughtsPod interview with ex-agent Joshua Childress about his resignation over the mistreatment of immigrants.
libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-…