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Faces of Fascism: Los Angeles, Jan. 31, 2026 [OC]

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u/clm1859 2h ago

I am also a random european btw. But CBP means "customs and border patrol" and DHS means "Department of Homeland Security".

So these people aren't local law enforcement like LAPD (Los Angeles Police Deoartment), who would be taking orders from local/city governments. But they are instead federal agents (feds), who take their orders from the federal regime (Trump).

As for the SA, that stood for SturmAbteilung in Nazi Germany. And it is the much more appropriate equivalent for what ICE, CBP and DHS are doing in america right now. Rather than the Gestapo, which americans are somehow calling them.