Thanks to Trump’s policies of imprisoning and torturing Hispanics seeking asylum in the United States, the American people have learned a lot about the CBP and ICE. Both agencies are filled with corruption, racism, bigotry and men and women who treat their detainees inhumanely; sadly resulting in deaths on occasion.

Part of the problem is that ICE should not exist. Customs and Border Patrol should have been funded properly, and equipped with the latest equipment. ICE was the creation of an incompetent Republican administration in a “knee-jerk” reaction to the attacks on 9/11, and the passing of the unconstitutional Patriot Act.

Both agencies were poorly trained and their supervisors are obviously unqualified and often displayed their own prejudices.

These two agencies have come out of the closet and  became Trump’s personal gestapos. Another expose was discovered today.

Customs and Border Protection chief, Brian Hastings, lied before congress when he attempted to sweep a serious mistake by his agency ‘under the carpet.’ Related to possible HIV infected applicants and separation of families he began to tell outrageous lies which were easily exposed.

“Throughout the process,” Hastings alleged to the House Judiciary Committee, “and while he was with Border Patrol,” 18-year old Francisco Erwin Galicia “claimed to be a citizen of Mexico with no immigration documents to be in or remain in the U.S.” But Francisco’s attorney showed Dallas News a Department of Homeland Security document given to them that stated “you falsely represented yourself to be a citizen of the United States for the purpose of furthering your entry into the United States.”

Like any U.S. citizen at a Border Patrol checkpoint, attorney Claudia Galan “said Galicia told authorities that he is a U.S. citizen from the moment he was detained at the Falfurrias checkpoint,” showing him his Texas ID, wallet-sized birth certificate, and Social Security card. Because traveling while brown apparently trumps U.S. documents, Galicia was detained for more than three weeks, even after his mom, Sanjuana, brought even more documents confirming his U.S. citizenship.

Racism and bigotry are both ignorant and despicable. When agents of the federal government openly display these beliefs, they must be removed from their positions. The United States of America was founded on expectations of diversity. America’s foundation was based on future immigration. The new land would not be pure white and European. The Constitution does not discriminate against race, color of skin, or religion; just the opposite. Diversity is what makes the United States unique and will eventually make our nation great.

The lily-white nation of Donald Trump no longer exists and never will again. His hatred of Hispanics is disgusting and proof that he is unfit to be our nation’s president.

It is mandatory that our nation’s immigration laws are reformed. However, simply rejecting future immigration is ludicrous. Not a single American can make the claim that he or she is indigenous to the United States. Even native Americans can be traced to immigration from centuries past.

Our nation must grow up. We are far behind all other developed nations related to social issues. The truth is that nations either move forward or die. Trump is the impetus for the end of America which is aligned with Vladimir Putin’s long-term plans for our nation’s demise.

This is your country; take it back from the enemy; all Republicans.

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Op-ed by James Turnage

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