ICE king Tatum King: He can't stop thirty million aliens walking across the southern border, but he can crack down on knock-off baseball caps.
Posted on 09/18/2019 8:41:10 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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~Because AOC and the open-borders left want to abolish ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), the right is obliged to defend it. This is a pity, because ICE is a deeply weird agency with, to put it mildly, increasingly curious and eccentric priorities.
Last week, for example, under crack agent Tatum King, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations unit staged (that seems the appropriate word) a raid in Oakland of the Oakland Raiders game:
ICE targeted vendors of unauthorized T-shirts, hats, caps and bandannas. The agency said the raid was done in partnership with NFL brand security representatives and state and local law enforcement. The Oakland Police Department said it was not involved.
Officials said they seized about $11,000 worth of illegal swag — undoubtedly, most of it silver and black — during the 'Monday Night Football' game and its pre- and postgame tailgate parties.
Tatum King, special agent in charge of the San Francisco Homeland Security Investigations unit, said about 400 pieces of merchandise were seized but no one was arrested. NFL brand officials issued warning letters and may be pursuing civil action, he said.
As they should - and in small claims court, if eleven grand is the best a no-expense-spared federal-state-local raid with everyone in the full Robocop can come up with.
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ICE king Tatum King: He can't stop thirty million aliens walking across the southern border, but he can crack down on knock-off baseball caps.
ICE is to enforce immigration law only within the country. Stopping them from coming is USCBP as I understand it.
The “C” in “ICE” stands for “Customs.” The stuff they nabbed surely came in from overseas. I recall an event where Customs (pre-DHS) steamrolled thousands of counterfeit watches.
This is correct, just to further clarify, CBP controls the ports of entry and Border Patrol the area between and some distance within the border.
It is incredibly confusing when ICE, HSI, etc. get involved.
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