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I was very upset to learn from Reuters that thousands of Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers, investigate money laundering, or pursue drug traffickers and tax fraud are now instead being diverted to work on mass deportation. It’s crazy! The Trump team’s mass deportation obsession has no bounds; it is dangerous and makes no sense. They are willing to make us less safe–-including our children–-to go after immigrants who pay nearly $100 billion in taxes and Social Security every year and are vital workers in key industries. They are diverting money and manpower away from federal investigations into child abuse, drug trafficking, tax fraud and money laundering and redirecting them to indiscriminate immigration arrests and even to snoop through the private tax returns of every American. All of this harms both America’s interests and values. It is also directly harmful to all of us. I want it to stop. This is not who we are, and it’s also just dumb. Protect our kids. Keep federal agents working on fighting crime, not on attacking immigrants. Thanks.