Sanders warns of authoritarianism after Trump deploys national guard to LA

[el midgetron]

ICE is violating the law by not using judicial due process, like not having hearings before raids, warrants, arrests, deportations, etc.
ICE is illegally breaking up families by violating DACA, Dream, anchor baby policies, etc.
ICE is illegally sending innocent people to mega prisons in El Salvador.

How much Tofu do you eat?

 

[pknopp]

so let me get this straight .. you want ICE agents to have a hearing on every illegal before taking them into custody ..

No, afterwards and I want them picked up in a legal manner.

AI Overview

No, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) does not necessarily have to have a court hearing before apprehending individuals suspected of being undocumented immigrants
.
Expedited Removal:
ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can use a procedure called expedited removal, which allows for the rapid deportation of certain noncitizens without an immigration court hearing or appearance before an immigration judge.

Many being picked up do not qualify for this. It is not an all encompassing " throw them out thing".

 

[Nobody911]

Do you like this face here? Now I don't, honestly.

Bernie Sanders has indeed warned that President Trump is moving the United States toward authoritarianism, particularly after Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests. Sanders criticized Trump for acting unilaterally without requests from California's governor or Los Angeles' mayor, accusing him of disregarding the Constitution and the rule of law 17.

The deployment of the National Guard was justified by the Trump administration as necessary to address "lawlessness" during protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, which the administration described as violent. However, local leaders, including California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, condemned the move, warning it would escalate tensions rather than calm them 179.

Experts and scholars have raised broader concerns about Trump’s political style and governance approach, describing it as authoritarian populism. Analyses note that Trump's administration has prioritized loyalty, disregarded democratic norms, and used federal powers to consolidate control, which are typical features of authoritarianism. Reports highlight plans and actions such as regulatory retaliation, federal law enforcement overreach, and domestic military deployment as evidence of this trend 345.

Commentators have also pointed out that Trump's use of the National Guard in Los Angeles seems designed to provoke confrontation and demonstrate his willingness to use military force domestically, which is unusual and alarming in a democracy. This move is seen as part of a broader pattern of undermining democratic institutions and civil liberties 8.

In summary, Sanders' warning is supported by the context of Trump's National Guard deployment without local consent and by broader analyses of his administration's authoritarian tendencies. While "authoritarianism" is a strong term, the evidence includes Trump's disregard for constitutional norms, unilateral use of military forces domestically, and efforts to consolidate power beyond traditional democratic checks 13578.

sources:
1.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/08/bernie-sanders-trump-authoritarianism-la-protests/84102772007/
2. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s...arianism-competive-survey-political-scientist
3. https://www.populismstudies.org/tru...se-of-authoritarianism-in-the-new-government/
4. https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/01/2...rumps-political-style-authoritarian-populism/
5. https://www.authoritarianplaybook2025.org
6. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/n...-trump-effect-accelerates-destructive-trends/
7. https://thehill.com/policy/national...e-sanders-la-national-guard-deployment-trump/
8. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/trump-provoke-not-pacify-los-angeles/683080/
9. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/trump-los-angeles-immigration-protests-rcna211695

 

[Independent thinker]

ICE is not "law enforcement".
They are in violation of the law, since they do not use judicial due process when the constitution requires that they do.

ICE IS law enforcement. Illegals are not due due process. They are here illegally. Case closed.

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

No, if the people trying to come into this country were white, things would not be the same.
That is because whites are not native, so have no inherent right to be here.
The ones trying to come into this country are not white, are native, and have ancestral rights to be here.
This is there ancestral homes at one time.
They started in Siberia and walked.
So for them to get south of the border, at one time they had to have lived in the US as natives.
The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo under which we purchased a third of this country, requires that we recognize all Spanish land grants, all native commerce, movements, travel, employment, etc.
It violated the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo to prevent free movement of natives to and from these states.

The claim the purpose of allowing immigration was to create voters is an obvious lie.
That is because while you cannot legally stop natives from moving and working, you can stop them from voting, and no non-citizens are able to vote.
They can not register to vote without their birth certificate being checked.

The population south of our border is a mix of European and Indigenous peoples.
For Brazil, it's mixture of Portuguese and other Europeans (these having come down from the US Civil War era and live in a community called Americana) and Indigenous people.
For the other ones, it's a mixture of Spanish and Indigenous people.
Do you want those that aren't pure Indigenous blood out of those nations?
Also, with a name like Rigby, you aren't Indigenous, so where are you packing up and going to live?

 

[el midgetron]

It’s ok. They/them didn’t have testicles to begin with.

 

[el midgetron]

Preferably without the giant human-sacrifice pyramids.

 

[el midgetron]

 

[el midgetron]

I am to the point I actually feel sorry for these liberals.

 

[westwall]

I am to the point I actually feel sorry for these liberals.

I don't. They are traitors.

Piss on them.

 

[el midgetron]

I don't. They are traitors.

Piss on them.

I do feel bad for them. They are such retards.

 

[Rigby5]

so let me get this straight .. you want ICE agents to have a hearing on every illegal before taking them into custody ..

AI Overview

No, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) does not necessarily have to have a court hearing before apprehending individuals suspected of being undocumented immigrants
.
Expedited Removal:
ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can use a procedure called expedited removal, which allows for the rapid deportation of certain noncitizens without an immigration court hearing or appearance before an immigration judge.

There has to be a hearing before every raid.
Since you don't know who you are going to arrest, you do not need a hearing before you arrest someone who might flee, but you then have to provide hearing right after you arrested them.

What Obama did was simply offer them a better deal if they deported voluntarily, to avoid most hearings.

Expedited Removal is not legal in the US.
It is something only a dictatorship does.

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The IIRIRA gave the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (the name for the umbrella organization responsible for immigration enforcement at the time) the authority to remove from the United States, without the need for a hearing before an immigration judge, people who:<a href="Expedited removal - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><a href="Expedited removal - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>

1. are either applicants for admission to the United States or satisfy the following conditions: have entered the United States without admission or advance parole, and have been continuously physically present in the United States for less than two years,
2. are inadmissible under certain statutory grounds primarily due to failure to comply with visa or other entry document requirements, and/or fraud or misrepresentation,
3. make no claim to lawful permanent resident status, and
4. do not seek asylum or express a fear of persecution.

...}

So all an illegal has to do is either claim to want lawful permanent resident status, or seek asylum based on fear of persecution.
And then they can not be subject to "expedited removal".
Which means "expedited removal" essentially has to be voluntary.

 

[Rigby5]

I don't. They are traitors.

Piss on them.

Wrong.
Raiding, arresting, or deporting without hearings is clearly an illegal violation of the Constitution.

 

[Rigby5]

I do feel bad for them. They are such retards.

Once you allow skipping judicial due process, this is a dictatorship and no longer a republic any more.

 

[el midgetron]

Once you allow skipping judicial due process, this is a dictatorship and no longer a republic any more.

Stop watching Maddow. It’s been 8 years. Wake up.

 

[el midgetron]

I do feel bad for them. They are such retards.

 

[Zincwarrior]

‘Bernie Sanders warned of the US’s slide into authoritarianism following Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard to Los Angeles over the city’s protests against federal immigration raids. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, the leftwing Vermont senator said: “We have a president who is moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism … My understanding is that the governor of California, the mayor of the city of Los Angeles did not request the national guard but he thinks he has a right to do anything he wants.”

Sanders, and many others, have long warned for the potential risk to American democracy that Trump represents in his second term. Since returning to the White House Trump has roiled American politics and civic life with numerous actions including attacking universities, slashing government spending and firing tens of thousands of employees and rolling back the rights of LGBTQ+ people.

Sanders added: “He is suing the media who criticizes him. He is going after law firms who have clients who were against him. He’s going after universities that teach courses that he doesn’t like. He’s threatening to impeach judges who rule against him. And he’s usurping the powers of the United States congress. This guy wants all of the power. He does not believe in the constitution. He does not believe in the rule of law.”

Pointing to the Republican-led House and Senate, Sanders went on to say that the future of the US “rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better, who do know what the constitution is about”. “It’s high time they stood for our constitution and the rule of law,” Sanders said.’

Sanders warns of authoritarianism after Trump deploys national guard to LA

Senator says the future of the US ‘rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better’

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The US’s slide into authoritarianism began after Trump took office.

What’s happening now is the further consolidation of that authoritarianism.

Sanders is correct, of course – but it’s naïve to believe that Congressional Republicans will do anything to stop the authoritarian Trump regime.

Next up national martial law.

 

[Stann]

‘Bernie Sanders warned of the US’s slide into authoritarianism following Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard to Los Angeles over the city’s protests against federal immigration raids. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, the leftwing Vermont senator said: “We have a president who is moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism … My understanding is that the governor of California, the mayor of the city of Los Angeles did not request the national guard but he thinks he has a right to do anything he wants.”

Sanders, and many others, have long warned for the potential risk to American democracy that Trump represents in his second term. Since returning to the White House Trump has roiled American politics and civic life with numerous actions including attacking universities, slashing government spending and firing tens of thousands of employees and rolling back the rights of LGBTQ+ people.

Sanders added: “He is suing the media who criticizes him. He is going after law firms who have clients who were against him. He’s going after universities that teach courses that he doesn’t like. He’s threatening to impeach judges who rule against him. And he’s usurping the powers of the United States congress. This guy wants all of the power. He does not believe in the constitution. He does not believe in the rule of law.”

Pointing to the Republican-led House and Senate, Sanders went on to say that the future of the US “rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better, who do know what the constitution is about”. “It’s high time they stood for our constitution and the rule of law,” Sanders said.’

Sanders warns of authoritarianism after Trump deploys national guard to LA

Senator says the future of the US ‘rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better’

www.theguardian.com

The US’s slide into authoritarianism began after Trump took office.

What’s happening now is the further consolidation of that authoritarianism.

Sanders is correct, of course – but it’s naïve to believe that Congressional Republicans will do anything to stop the authoritarian Trump regime.

Sanders is a little dramatic , but he got this one right.