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The cruelty is the point as those doing it the right way are being rounded up.
A 10-year-old girl from Spokane, Washington went to school one morning and ended up detained by ICE and sent to a detention center in Texas with her father — despite an active asylum case and no criminal record.

On January 9, Karla Tiul Baltazar was dropped off at Logan Elementary. Minutes later her father, Arnoldo Tiul Caal, was stopped by Border Patrol, taken into custody, and separated from her — all while complying with regular immigration check-ins and holding a valid work permit and Social Security number.

After hours of waiting and fear, agents allowed him to pick her up from school, then coerced him into signing “voluntary departure” paperwork under threat of separation.

The next day they were both detained again, loaded onto a bus, and sent more than a thousand miles to the South Texas family detention center in Dilley, where they now await a court date in March.

This isn’t a glitch. Karla is one of roughly 1,700 children currently in U.S. immigration custody since family detention facilities reopened last year — turning classrooms into cages and school desks into detention beds.

In Columbia Heights, Minnesota, agents detained at least four children, including a five-year-old boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, as he returned from preschool with his father. School officials say ICE used that five-year-old “as bait” to try to get adults to open their home during a raid.

These are not isolated incidents. This escalation is part of a broader federal enforcement campaign that has swept up students, parents, and everyday community members — in school zones, in driveways, and on street corners — typically without warrants or clear justification.

Some districts report multiple child detentions in recent weeks alone as fear keeps students from attending class and parents from leaving the house.

Let’s be blunt: this is state power wielded against families seeking safety. Compliance with the legal process is no safeguard.

Valid papers save no one from being yanked from their life, sent to a facility far from home, and left to navigate a complex legal labyrinth with trauma as their only travel companion.

A nation that proclaims itself a refuge must not terrorize children to make a point or to “do its job.” Karla Tiul Baltazar should be in her classroom in Spokane. Liam Conejo Ramos should be safe at home after preschool.

This is cruelty. It’s urgent. And it demands immediate moral and political reckoning.
 
Gee Wally, what could it possibly be?

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This is just the beginning of more stealing and fraud from the bandits. Insane!!

Calif: L.A. charity exec. arrested in $23M homeless services fraud scheme


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Federal authorities arrested the executive director of a South Los Angeles-based charity on Friday on charges that he orchestrated a massive $23 million fraud scheme, siphoning taxpayer funds intended for the city’s homeless population to bankroll a lifestyle of luxury.

Alexander Soofer, 42, the head of the Hyde Park-based nonprofit Abundant Blessings (for myself), was taken into custody at his Westwood home by federal agents.

Feds say he used funds for his “personal piggybank,” spending millions on a $7 million mansion, private jets and high-end designer goods.
 
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Investigators also painted a much grimmer picture of the reality at Soofer’s sites.

  • The Unhealthy, Cheap Food: While billing the city for healthy meals, site visits by investigators revealed that residents were only being served ramen noodles, canned beans and breakfast bars.
  • The Phony ‘Board of Directors’: When questioned about oversight, Soofer allegedly claimed his board of directors approved his spending. Federal agents later discovered the board was entirely fabricated. Some members did not exist, while others had never heard of Soofer or his charity.
  • Fake Invoices: Prosecutors say Soofer used the logos and addresses of legitimate companies to create fake invoices, making it appear he was paying third-party vendors for services he was actually pocketing the money for.
While the city’s most vulnerable were left with meager rations, prosecutors allege Soofer diverted at least $10 million for personal use. The list of expenditures outlined by the Department of Justice includes:

  • A $7 million home in the upscale Westwood neighborhood and a $475,000 vacation property in Greece.
  • Private jet charters and stays at five-star resorts, including the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea — the luxury destination famously featured in the first season of the HBO show “The White Lotus.”
  • Thousands of dollars spent on designers like Hermès and Chanel, including “$1,250 calfskin loafers and $910 sandals.”
  • A $125,000 Range Rover, which was seized by federal agents during Friday’s arrest.
“This money should have gone to those in need; instead, it lined the pockets of an individual subsidizing a lavish lifestyle,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli during a press conference.
 
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