Did Trump Target This Immigration Activist?

>> DANIELA VARGAS IS A 22-YEAR-OLD UNDOCUMENTED
RESIDENTS OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI WHO IS CURRENTLY
BEING DETAINED BY ICE.
THIS COMES AFTER SHE SPOKE OUT
AGAINST THE DETENTION OF HER
BROTHER AND HER FATHER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO OF
DANIELA.
>>TODAY MY FATHER AND BROTHER ARE AWAITING DEPORTATION.
>>THE MOMENTS LATER 22-YEAR-OLD
DANIELA WAS TARGETED BY ICE GETTING PULLED OVER AFTER
LEAVING THE EVENT WITH HER FRIEND.
>> TWO VEHICLES ZOOM IN BEHIND YOU AND TURN ON LIGHTS INSIDE OF
THEIR CAR, AND THEM RUSHING OUT AND BEING SO ROUGH.
>>THE DETENTIONS HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 15.
SHE SPOKE OUT THIS
PAST WEDNESDAY AND FOLLOWING THAT SHE WAS DETAINED.
A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT
HER STORY.
SO SHE
DOES HAVE AN ATTORNEY.
HER ATTORNEY SAYS THIS.
ICE HAS
RELEASED A STATEMENT.
AND NOW THE NEXT STEP IS THAT SHE WILL
BE PROCESSED AND FACE AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE.
DO YOU GUYS
AGREE WITH WHAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM HER ATTORNEY?
DO YOU THINK THIS IS RETALIATION?
>>I LOVE HER ATTORNEY THAT SAYS THIS COULD BE RETALIATION
BECAUSE SHE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AND WAS INSTANTLY
ARRESTED FOR IT.
LIKE, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
>>SO
YOU DON'T THINK THE WORDING IS STRONG ENOUGH FROM HER ATTORNEY?
>>SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS A STRATEGY, BUT THIS SEEMS VERY ON THE
NOSE TO ME.
A LITTLE TOO ON THE NOSE.
>> THEY HAVE BEGUN TO TARGET THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS.
AND
THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY HIDING IT.
IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT GRACE READ
YOU, THEY SAY ICE DOES NOT CONDUCT SWEEPS OR RAIDS THAT
TARGETS ALIENS INDISCRIMINATELY.
THEY SAY THIS WAS PART OF A
ROUTINE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT
OPERATION.
SO THEY TARGETED HER.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT LOGICALLY.
YOU ARE TELLING ME ICE IS WANDERING AROUND RANDOM STATES
SAYING WHICH CARD CAN WE PULL OVER?
>>TO THAT POINT THE DETENTIONS
SHE WAS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WAS
FROM A RAID BY ICE ON THEIR HOME.
THEY WENT INTO THEIR HOME TO APPREHEND HER FATHER AND
BROTHER.
>>LIKE, THEY ARE SAYING WE ARE TARGETED HER BECAUSE SHE PASSED
US OFF.
THERE IS NO BETWEEN THE
LINES.
>>YEAH.
SO SHE IS UNDOCUMENTED AND SOMEONE OUT THERE MIGHT
THINK WELL SHE HAD IT COMING.
SHE SHOULD OF BEEN LIKE I'M
GOING TO BE THE ADULT HERE AND SAY WE SHOULDN'T GO WITHOUT
PAPERS.
OR YOU THINK I DON'T CARE SHE IS UNDOCUMENTED, SHE
HAS TO GO.
OKAY, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU BUT I UNDERSTAND.
WHAT
YOU CAN'T SAY IS THAT THEY ARE
NOT TARGETING THEIR OPPONENTS.
BECAUSE THEY JUST TOLD YOU THEY
ARE TARGETING THEIR OPPONENTS.
SHE WAS TARGETED BECAUSE SHE WAS
GOING AROUND MAKING SPEECHES ABOUT HOW THIS IS A BAD POLICY
PROPOSAL.
THEY DIDN'T PICK HER
OUT OF THIN AIR.
IT WAS NOT INDISCRIMINATE, IT WAS TO
DISCRIMINATE.
IT WAS TO TARGET HER.
SO YOU MAKE SPEECHES
AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
AND IF THEY HAVE ANY REASON YOU ARE GONE.
IF YOU ARE AN
OVER-THE-TOP RIGHT-WINGER OR A 15-YEAR-OLD TROLL YOU ARE
PROBABLY GIDDY ABOUT THAT.
BUT FOR THE REST OF US THAT IS DEEPLY DISTURBING AND
UN-AMERICAN.
>>IF YOU GO BACK TO WHAT TRUMP HAS BEEN SIGNALING, WE ARE GOING
TO GO AFTER THE BAD DUDES AND
NOT THE GOOD GUYS.
SO IF HE IS GOING AFTER DANIELA VARGAS,
BECAUSE SHE IS A BAD DUDE IT IS
LIKE ñ THE ONLY THING SHE HAS DONE IS MESSED UP HER PAPERWORK
AND HER DACA RENEWAL.
IS THAT THEIR DEFINITION OF BAD DUDES?
>>AND ALSO IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE SHE IS INCREDIBLY ñ
SHE SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
SHE IS A SELF-DESCRIBED DREAMER.
THERE IS NOTHING EXCEPT AN OUTSTANDING TICKET FOR HER TO
BE CONSIDERED A BAD DUDE.
IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY SHAMELESS.
>>BY THE WAY THE PAPERWORK IT SOUNDS LIKE OVERREGULATION,
DOESN'T IT?
THEY SENT MIXED MESSAGES ON WHETHER THEY ARE
TARGETING JUST PEOPLE WHO CONVICTED FELONIES OR
MISDEMEANORS.
BUT NOW THEY ARE NOT.
THAT WHOLE IDEA OF ROUNDING
UP 10, 11 MILLION PEOPLE, YET ONE AT A TIME.
BUT FIRST THEY
SAID WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS.
NOW THERE
IS NO STANDARD ANYMORE.
IT IS NOT A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR.
WE ARE GOING TO ROUND YOU ALL
UP.
SO THAT IS THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU
HAVE SYMPATHY.
WHAT IS YOU'RE A POLITICAL OPPONENT OF DONALD
TRUMP AND YOU BROKE SOME OTHER
LAW?
JAYWALKING OR YOU WERE SPEEDING?
OR YOU HAD TWO BEERS
INSTEAD OF ONE?
YOU NAME IT, THOUSAND OTHER THINGS.
OR YOU
DIDN'T PAY YOUR TAXES QUITE RIGHT.
I MEAN DONALD TRUMP IS
WANT TO COMPLAIN, RIGHT?
BUT ANY VIOLATION THEY HAVE SIGNALED TO
YOU, IF YOU ARE A POLITICAL
OPPONENT, WE JUST TOLD YOU WE ROUND UP OUR OPPONENTS.
>> EVEN THE PROCESS OF SAYING BAD DUDES THERE HAS BEEN
CRITICISM OF ICE BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO FREQUENTLY IS LABEL
SOMEONE A GANG MEMBER.
AND FOLKS FOLLOW UP AND SAY WHAT IS YOUR
BACKUP FOR SAYING THAT.
AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT
ANYTHING.
THEY CAN JUST SAY AS ICE THIS PERSON IS A GANG MEMBER
IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY OTHER ñ IT'S LIKE A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE
CARD.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WITH PEOPLE, IT IS TOUGH.
>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET ME WRONG.
IF YOU ARE JAYWALKING OR
BROKE ANY KIND OF MINOR LAW THEY ARE GOING TO THROW YOU OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.
YOU THEY CAN DO THAT TO A US CITIZEN.
BUT THEY
CAN TO SELECT ENFORCEMENT.
AND IF YOU ARE A TRUMP OPPONENT AND
YOU
ARE UNDOCUMENTED, THEY WILL
THROW YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
IF YOU HAVE A MISDEMEANOR AND ARE A
TRUMP OPPONENT, WE ARE GOING TO THROW THE BOOK AT YOU AND TRY TO
GET YOU IN JAIL IS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
WE DON'T LIKE PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST US.
LOOK AT
WHAT WE DID TO THAT GIRL RIGHT THERE.
WE ARRESTED HER
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SPEECH AND
THREW HER OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

Did Trump Target This Immigration Activist?

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