YEAH, SEND THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM!!!
Oh that country does not want them? Time for the USA to force them like Columbia!
Most Navajo aren’t even that dark-skinned. This is purely just abusing the indigenous because they can.
I kept saying this would happen. Citizens will be detained and eventually probably deported. Because Trump literally believes that people can just have their citizenship taken away from them on a whim.
Yep, me too all because they were brown. Racism was always the point of Trump deportation stick. And fucking mega base is loving it. We can thank those who set at the election and the never Harris crowd for now all stuck in this hellhole. Except for FlyingSquid who luckily was able to escape. But fucking people had just voted he would had to escape which probably wasn’t easy.
It is not easy, but it is something I was lucky to be able to do. Right now, no job, my savings are running out, my wife (a librarian, risking imprisonment) is still stuck in the U.S., and if I don’t find anything in a couple of months, what I do have saved up will be gone and I don’t know what we’ll do.
But yeah, a lot of people will be worse off than us and I’m sorry.
As another librarian, it’s fucking terrifying work these days. We are beloved by the people but a giant target for this administration. I loved this work for decades but I’m about to flee for industry because I’m exhausted. We’re also not super portable, library jobs are hard to come by and those outside the US are hot right now.
I’m sorry too that you had to flee and go through your savings (which probably took lot time to even do) and start over in other country. I am trying to find work here in the states and having a hard time so I can’t imagine what your going through. I hope it works out for both of us. Good luck for both of us.
It’s already happened in Arizona before. It’s why Joe Arpaio was convicted – contempt for continuing to profile and round up immigrants after a court told him to stop. Pardoned by Trump.
Hey everyone! This person kept saying this would happen!
I mean why didn’t we just listen to this specific one commenter? They kept saying this would happen. As if no one else could have anticipated it.
When will we learn to listen to [random commenter].
I worry for a cousin of mine.
He’s Vietnamese and was adopted by my aunt and uncle about 15 years ago or so. By all accounts he’s now a U.S. citizen. He’s in college. Doing great.
But he IS brown. I’m pretty sure my uncle voted for trump for some dumbass reason. I worry my cousin could be caught up in some raid at some point.
I’m white and hang out with mostly white people who don’t understand how scary this is.
I ask them if they can prove to me - right now - that they’re a citizen. Lots of them legitimately think a Driver’s License is enough.
I explain that it is not proof of citizenship and that lots of people have licenses without being a citizen. So if they were brown, they might be arrested based on their lack of papers.
And once arrested and sent to a camp, your ability to produce any documentation you may have diminishes to almost nothing.
Demand your white friends show them their green card or birth certificate.
If you think that’s a joke, ask around. I’ve been asked that twice in my life. But because I’m not Default American™, I have to prove a lot harder that I was born here.
Also, a bad agent can just get rid of your passport. So carry a photocopy, and let the lawyer your family gets show up with the real one in court.
My cousin and his wife adopted their son from Guatemala. Great kid, growing up to become an admirable adult. They’re right-wing Trump supporters in the state of Florida. I know they voted for this shit, and probably don’t conceive of the idea this could ever harm THEIR son. But all it takes is the fact that he doesn’t look American enough to some racist in a uniform for him to get snatched up in a sweep. Really hope he doesn’t face this kind of harassment, but now its become much more likely.
