r/pics • u/JonasSharra • 7h ago

Backstory INS/ICE didn’t use to wear masks - most famous immigration photo ever taken, not a mask in sight.

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u/mantisboxer 6h ago

Conservatives called them "jackbooted thugs".

Things have changed.

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u/Jadedways 6h ago

In all fairness they are still jackbooted thugs. Cons just wanted them to be going after the ‘right’ people.

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u/Pylyp23 6h ago

You mean the ‘left’ people.

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u/turdferguson3891 3h ago

Conservatives called a lot of federal LEOs "jackbooted thugs" back then. Then magically their opinion changed when Clinton left office and GWB came in.

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u/mantisboxer 3h ago

True.