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Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. And yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene, following his Hippocratic Oath, was denied. (cdn.social.linux.pizza)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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[–] -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

DHS, ICE, and CBP were established by acts of congress. Obama couldnt have just gotten rid of them or reformed them beyond executive orders which he did with things such as DACA for Dreamers.

Congress would have acted if he acted illegally like Trump does today as congress abdicates.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    DHS, ICE, and CBP were established by acts of congress. Obama couldnt have just gotten rid of them or reformed them beyond executive orders

    Obama had a democratic majority in both houses of Congress for his first 2 years in offic

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    We were also actively in Iraq and his super majority would not have supported him if he wanted to abolish DHS or ICE

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Perhaps not, but Obama and his supermajority in Congress still didn't do shit about fuck about anything, even within the horizon of political possibility of the time.

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