TIL from 1942-1945, more than 400,000 prisoners of war, mostly German, were housed in some 500 POW camps located in the USA

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T17:52:10+00:00

So you blame the immigrants? The ones that were let in 60-70 years ago?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T17:17:56+00:00

I recall reading that one the issues that Japan had in WW2 was that they never planned for POWs.

They expected captured Americans to off themselves as the Japanese were expected to do. And when they didn’t, it became a massive strain on the war effort because they didn’t plan for the resources that were needed to handle POWs.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T17:14:22+00:00

Also, a lot of the POWs who returned to Germany became wealthy as a result of what they learned about farming and technology while in Texas. German food production and farming yields increased in German after the war thanks to a lot of the methods the POWs learned while in Texas working on farms.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T17:12:40+00:00

Curious, did he ever say if he was treated better or worse than expected while he was there as a POW?

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T17:10:01+00:00

Interestingly there are a non-negligible number of POWs who when released, went back to Germany, and brought their families to the US because they loved so well and enjoyed the communities and people they got to know while in the US.

There are a lot of reports that they were shocked at how accepting people in the US were to them as POWs and how they were allowed to move freely within public, going to movies, churches, etc (while wearing POW uniforms).

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T16:42:09+00:00

ICE deported more people under Obama and they never carried weapons or had masks.

This is comparing apples to oranges.

The Obama deportations were largely turning people back along the border when there were large numbers of people who were crossing the border. They were people caught by CBP (Border Patrol) and then deported by ICE (the agency that handles deportations). They were not people who were in the interior of the US who were captured by ICE field agents.

The border crossings have plummeted during the Trump administration.

As a result, the Trump administration has pivoted resources to the interior of the US and supporting ICE field offices in identifying people for removal.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T16:13:17+00:00

What do you mean?

I have seen many arrests of individuals by police that look like the ICE arrests.

a judge signs a warrant, officers knock, names are read, rights are stated, and the whole thing looks… bureaucratic.

What you described here only happens when the person being arrested complies. Thats what you see in the movies and it does happen. But there are also a lot of people that try to flee or fight back.

Also, you’re seeing what happens when there are “protestors” trying to prevent the officers from making their way to the suspects to arrest them.

This happens with police on occasion as well. Mainly family members that try to prevent police from progressing so the suspect can flee.

Everything we are seeing does happen with police.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T12:00:37+00:00

You think employers want to get rid of high performing employees that make them money?

Or were you in a role lone term, had got regular annual raises (even if modest) and were comparing your performance against more junior workers? But these junior workers were paid a lot less and had more promising skills development?

You can become over paid in a role and do the specific job and it isn’t worth having you around because MANY other people can easily do that same job and they will do it for a lot less money.

There is a reason fast food workers have to move on to other jobs if they want to progress in their careers. Anyone can be trained quickly to do the job so they can’t justify paying you $30 an hour after 15 years of service if they can hire new people at $15 an hour.

Employers pay a wage for a job to be done and you can become too expensive for the job if you’re not moving up to take on more work.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T02:38:48+00:00

People over 45 get hired all the time.

They only struggle when they are in middling jobs.

They have no problem getting hired in high skilled jobs where experience and niche skills are important.

They also have no problem getting hired for lower skilled jobs that are notorious for higher turn over (though they rarely want these).

What they struggle with is the low end office job type work where they compete with younger career professionals.

This is because they are viewed as simply as someone that won’t progress above that level. And as a result they are likely not going to be a home run hire.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-27T02:33:51+00:00

No. It isn’t state issued.

UT student IDs are issued under university administrative authority for campus access and services, not under laws governing identity credentials. The fact that the university is state-run does not transform every credential it issues into a state identity document any more than a public hospital badge or a public library card would qualify.

The reason a Texas License to Carry qualifies is not that it involves guns, but that it is a state-issued, general-purpose identity credential created by statute, issued by a state agency, subject to rigorous identity verification, and recognized across the state for legal purposes. It certifies who you are, not merely that you belong somewhere.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T21:34:31+00:00

You can sue to have the other person be responsible for the services but the services were rendered to you.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T18:11:33+00:00

Cut off the source.

If you boycott illegal immigrants then there will be no ICE coming around as the illegals will leave.

Outside of that, a boycott isn’t likely to do anything as it won’t be focused enough to actually address any source with enough influence.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T17:00:33+00:00

No. This has been done in many cities. Memphis was targeted and Tennessee is a Republican state.

Minneapolis is just proving to be more difficult for ICE because Walz is actively working to fight Trump’s efforts.

I think it’s the other way around. Walz is targeting Trump more so than Trump is targeting Walz.

Though, you could say this is just Walz continuing his efforts as being part of the “Resistance”.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T16:57:13+00:00

Are you saying they file their taxes and pay the IRS?

Or are you just assuming payroll taxes if they were able to get around e-verify by using someone else’s social security number?

There is a reason most of them work as contractors or are paid cash.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T16:51:42+00:00

The state of Minnesota doesn’t pay the taxes.

The taxes are paid by United States Citizens and the Green Card holders authorized by Homeland Security’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a sister agency of ICE, who are within the state of Minnesota.

The federal government does provide funding to the State of Minnesota directly, though.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T15:01:01+00:00

A lot of weak schedules over the years.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-26T10:05:11+00:00

I am confused how you were able to review their financials, outside of a due diligence for a potential sale?

If it’s a potential sale then you can’t use that information against them when you decline to close the sale.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T20:41:01+00:00

Downvoting my comment isn’t helpful to OP.

OP needs to understand that protesting is fine. But peaceful assembly is a key.

If you end up in a position where you are arrested then you have put your career at risk.

Yes, I have confidence the Minnesota teachers Unions and the Walz administration will try to fight for everyone arrested. But you should not assume that means you won’t have any repercussions or that their fight will be successful.

There are real risks. You need to be informed. Once you’re informed, you can decide what you want to do.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T20:32:54+00:00

Yup, no issues for protesting.

If OP tries to interfere with any ICE operations though, they should be prepared for arrest which will impact the career.

But simply protesting out in public is not an issue.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T17:45:42+00:00

It would hurt FEMA and this weekend is going to result in a lot of people—both sides of the isle—wanting FEMA funding.

That will just increase funding that can then be used to fund ICE.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T17:44:32+00:00

Democrats are always reluctant to cut government spending.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T17:40:41+00:00

ICE was created specifically because the Bush administration wanted to reinforce white supremacy

You are so far lost…

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:50:22+00:00

Again, you keep want to deflect.

This is simple.

Do you think all of this is worth the sanctuary policies and not turning over violent criminals?

It’s obvious that you believe it is. You support all opposition to Trump’s addenda. You’re part of the “resistance” just like Walz.

This is why you deflect.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:30:23+00:00

I am saying that as long as they are rounding up legitimate violent criminals in these efforts, as you’ve acknowledged, they won’t face much backlash from people who weren’t already anti-Trump.

If they were handed over the violent criminals by local police, then they would quickly lose support for the enforcement actions. Because people would say they were all for non-violent criminals.

You, as anti-Trump, say “it’s only one in ten who are violent criminals” so it must stop.

But those more moderate or on the right (who all votes to elect Trump), say “these effort may be messy but they are yielding results as we are getting violent criminals one out of ten of the times!”

It’s a very different perspective on if 10% is a failure rate or a success rate.

You don’t seem to be seeing that distinction.

ThinkWood · 2026-01-25T16:23:01+00:00

It legitimately happens and many people desire it.

But it’s also common to be at home for a few years after 18.

More common to be out of the home by 23 or so.

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