Sorry silent and other guys who don't think much of this bust but I disagree with you here.
These fights ARE run by violent criminal gangs. It's all about gambling and loansharking.
And aside from the cruelty this gambling is based on,
(aka 'Gaming, fun family entertainment!' if run by govt
) there is loansharking and the resultant violence in collecting, there are subsequent thefts, frauds, robberies, suicides etc that the gamblers inevitably resort to so they can pay off (or escape) their gambling debts. That then involves illegal guns, extortion of the gambler's family members, murder, torture assaults etc.
Not only do I not have any problem with these 55 illegal immigrants being arrested, detained and deported... I think it is
exactly the places that law enforcement, including ICE should be focused on.
Not on day labourers hanging out at Home Depot or strawberry pickers.
But I also think that these 55 need to be deported legally, through the courts. NOT because
they deserve any leniency (being there is prima facie evidence of being undesireable in the country) but that civilized, democratic society based on rules and laws deserves it.
*I've been inadvertently taken to semi-secret cockfighting events in the Dominican and it is ALL about gambling. And it attracts the worst type of sadistic mouth breathers. There is no question that
everything about cockfighting and dog fighting attracts the lowest, most vile people to participate in this barbaric criminal activity.