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Search results for "An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters"

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Threads posts stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.”
By Maria Briceño• August 5, 2025
Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2019
Social Media stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:
“The tow truck drivers in Los Angeles are quickly towing ICE vehicles improperly parked!”
By Gabrielle Lazor• June 26, 2025
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 2, 2021
DeKalb County stated on November 11, 2011 in a brochure:
A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."
By Willoughby Mariano• November 21, 2011
Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.
By Jeff Cercone• October 7, 2024
Viral image stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The day Al Gore was born there were 130,000 glaciers on Earth. Today, only 130,000 remain.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2021
TikTok posts stated on September 07, 2025 in a TikTok post:
Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.”
By Maria Briceño• September 8, 2025
Instagram posts stated on June 06, 2025 in a video:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided Los Angeles' Gratts Learning Academy during a June graduation ceremony.
By Ella Moore• June 13, 2025
John DePetro stated on October 21, 2013 in a statement on WPRO-AM:
"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."
By John Hill• November 24, 2013
John DePetro stated on September 20, 2015 in blog:
"Remember that developers are forced to use the ‘195 land union’ contractors, so tap an extra $10 million into any construction project."  
By Mark Reynolds• October 4, 2015
Tyler Kistner stated on February 22, 2022 in an ad:
Joe Biden "has been secretly flying illegal immigrants into communities across the country in the middle of the night."
By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2022
Grover Fugate stated on August 23, 2013 in a TV interview:
If sea levels rise six feet due to climate change, Waterplace Park in Providence and Wickford village would be swamped
By John Hill• September 28, 2013
Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News:
"When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
By Amy Sherman• March 19, 2021
Future45 stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Voting for "any Democrat" gets you "socialism ... undefended open borders ... immediate tax increases ... 100 percent government-run health care ..."
By Manuela Tobias• October 24, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."
By Miriam Valverde• July 9, 2018
Instagram posts stated on October 29, 2024 in a post:
Video shows “illegal ‘voters’ cutting the line” to vote in Pennsylvania.
By Sara Swann• October 30, 2024
Scott Walker stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:
"During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent."
By Dave Umhoefer• November 14, 2013
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
By Chris Nichols• October 20, 2017
Republican Party of Florida stated on August 07, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water."
By Joshua Gillin• August 15, 2014

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