Protesters tell VP: “You don’t get to hate us and enjoy us”

Vice President J D Vance s visit to Disneyland with his family over the weekend drew protests and political backlash as critics pointed to the timing like the sweeping immigration raids across Southern California and a federal court ruling rebuking the administration s tactics Demonstrators gathered Saturday outside the Grand Californian Hotel and along Disney Way waving U S and Mexican flags and holding signs that read No vacations during deportations and You don t get to hate us and enjoy us according to a local station One protester advised reporters I would tell him to go home Get the hell out of here The protest followed days of intensified immigration enforcement actions including ICE raids at farms in Ventura County where about people were detained and one man died in custody Just the previous evening U S District Judge Maame E Frimpong a ruling that blocked ICE from using roving patrols and racial profiling in the Los Angeles area She ruled those actions likely violated the Fourth Amendment and that detainees must have access to legal counsel Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento recounted City News System he would only meet with Vance if the vice president addresses local fears saying the raids are terrorizing residents and shuttering our businesses and making people live in fear Critics say Vance s decision to vacation in the state the administration frequently denounces isn t just tone-deaf it s political hypocrisy in action Read more about this topic Typical of authoritarian regimes Deportation tied to Vance Babyface meme sparks global outrage Why not tyranny JD Vance says he s fine with the inevitable errors of abandoning due process Have to talk to Secretary Noem Vance jokes about siccing ICE agents on World Cup tourists The post Protesters tell VP You don t get to hate us and enjoy us appeared first on Salon com