For the past couple of weeks, Trump’s ICE Gestapo agents have been detaining folks in that hotbed of immigrant terrorist activity — Martha’s Vineyard. It goes without saying that most of these hardworking people are in the United States legally.
I’ve been curious for some time about exactly who these ICE agents are. Who would sign up to terrorize mothers, fathers, children at their workplaces, at school, or at court as they follow the rules to attain full citizenship? Undoubtedly, some are just looking for work in a deteriorating economic environment engineered by Trump and MAGA. Others may actually believe Trump that these immigrants are all criminals and need to be deported. But then there are some who believe Stephen Miller’s Great Replacement conspiracy that the white race is under threat by an influx of black and brown people who need to be arrested and deported ASAP. These are the thugs that actually take delight in showing up with AR-15 rifles and face coverings to terrorize innocent immigrants going about their daily activities. One of these ICE agents inadvertently exposed himself while rounding up folks on the island:
A federal immigration enforcer’s tattoo that matches the description of a symbol used by white supremacists has caused some Vineyarders to sound alarm bells.
Islanders reviewing a video posted on social media by Charlie Giordano — who confronted federal agents while they detained immigrants on Martha’s Vineyard — have pointed to a tattoo of three interconnecting triangles on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent’s right tricep: a valknot.
We are all familiar with “valknot” after it was prominently displayed on the chest of the “ QAnon shaman” Jacob Chansley, who stormed the Capitol during the J6 insurrection.
Needless to say, the tattoo only added to the concern and fear of the Martha Vineyard islanders:
Dan Waters, another West Tisbury resident, said the agents concealing their identities and having “paramilitary” gear, in addition to the tattoo, “adds up to an alarming picture.” Waters compared the ICE arrests to the Ku Klux Klan’s abductions of minorities that occurred decades ago in Southern states, saying in those situations, people also took individuals off the street while wearing masks to hide their identities. Waters said he’s not trying to make connections between the two, “but you begin to see a pattern.”
Are the residents of Martha Vineyard grateful that Trump’s agents had removed the “illegal” men, women and children from the island? Quite the opposite: they were/are outraged.
“It was about the climate of fear that now exists on the Island,” Waters told The Times. “Our friends and neighbors from other countries are afraid, and this is not the community that we have built.”
Tynes said conversations are needed between Vineyard residents, police officers, and select boards to protect the Island community, particularly immigrants like Brazilian Islanders.
“Brazilians are as much a part of the Island community as anyone else is,” Tynes said.
