1) Thread on CBP prepping for battles in America’s cities: Noticed for some months now that Border Patrol/CBP are not as present on the border. With crossings limited to essential traffic only, less lanes are open, longer waits and lines. Asylum system is closed. They have little
2) work at the ports. In between the ports, people have reported to me that far fewer agents are seen at the border. Reports of large groups getting further north which is dangerous during the summer months for migrants.
3) The agencies have amassed large amounts of tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper balls, etc. They are beholden to Trump and not to the law or Constitution. They are using #COVID19 to keep asylum system closed so they can send agents to American cities. Ask yourself
4) why Trump demands we act like there is not a pandemic and open up, while at the same time refusing to remove the national emergency declaration. They are also using the guise that Black Lives Matter protests are violent and destroying Confederate monuments to justify
5) the use of Border Patrol/CBP at federal properties. Note though that these agencies are not staying on that property and moving out into the streets shooting at peaceful protesters. Remember that @USBPChief justified shooting at women and children in Mexico with
6) pepper balls and tear gas on Thanksgiving day one 2018. There is much witness testimony that states it felt staged. This is all performance crises. You can help by protesting peacefully. Honor John Lewis by overwhelming them with your peaceful protests.
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