Laura Loomer wants you to snitch on your immigrant neighbors

[Nevilledog]

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/laura-loomer-maga-vigilante-immigrants-kristi-noem-rcna201646


Late last month, Laura Loomer — a prominent MAGA influencer who in 2017 called herself “pro-white nationalism” — invited Jacob Engels, a Proud Boys associate and writer for the conspiracy theory-pushing blog Gateway Pundit, to her podcast to discuss a new app that would help people they see as true patriots deport their neighbors — and get paid for it.

“It’s called IceRaid.US,” Engels said, explaining how users could snap photos of “illegal aliens.” The app apparently then sends the photos, including the metadata identifying where and when they were taken, to law enforcement. “This is really really interesting because it’s taking so much off the backs of law enforcement … and we’re doing it as citizens, and you have the opportunity to earn crypto for reporting and deporting illegals.”

Loomer — one of President Donald Trump's close confidants — was thrilled. “If you’re sick and tired of the illegal alien construction workers making a bunch of noise at the house next door to yours, you can actually call it in!” she said. “Get that cryptocurrency for reporting these individuals. It’s almost like a bounty.”

It’s unclear how functional IceRaid.US — created by a relatively unknown cryptocurrency entrepreneur named Jason Meyers — really is, or to what degree it’s actually coordinating with law enforcement. (Meyers and representatives from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not respond to requests for comment.)

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