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Leopards Ate My Face

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24996571

Huh, who woulda thunk this would happen?

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 68 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They told you they were going to do this. I had to dig up an older comment of mine and am just sitting back in terror watching it all occur in real time

Women: he told you he’s taking your rights away and is already letting you die in hospital waiting rooms

Tradesman: he told you overtime and unions are gone

Veterans: he told you he hates you, pissed all over the sanctity of Arlington and is gutting the VA

Hispanics: he told you you and yours are getting deported and doesn’t care if you’re legal or not

Those on social security, Medicare, Medicaid or ACA: he told you he’s cutting/gutting these

Anyone with ties to Palestine: he told you he’s going to help Israel finish the job

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Palestinians: he told you he was gonna build condos on your graves

[–] victorz 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yo he really said that, literally? If so that's ice cold. No heart

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Not literally, but has actually expressed two ideas:

  1. That once the conflict is "finished" the coast would make a great place for vacation condos

  2. That Israel should finish what they started and "clear out" Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

“If I get a chance to talk to you, man — please, man — let’s work something out. Let me keep my wife here in the United States. She deserves to be here.”

How do these people see the state exactly? The president can just do whatever? Equal application of the law doesn't matter?

[–] WrenFeathers 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Probably because everyone saw him bail out the criminals involved in the Jan 6th insurrection- it’s not too large a leap for them to assume they are exempt from this as well.

[–] roguetrick 7 points 6 days ago

In granting waivers for individual circumstances, that's actually exactly the case. Our immigration law has always been deranged.

[–] Woht24 5 points 6 days ago

Pretty sure that's how Trump sees it too

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

I really have lost sympathy for any and all Republicans.

Trump's actions aren't merely soulless and evil, they are stupid. They run contrary to the interests of the United States on every conceivable level. Prices rise, others countries lose faith in us, our enemies extend their power over our allies. Even Trump's professed goals, such as combating China's power in international trade, aren't accomplished by his actions, considering he's putting a heavier tariff on Taiwan than the PRC.

Having sympathy for a Trump voter is like having sympathy for a grown adult who licks an electric socket. It's a waste of energy. You're putting more value on their survival than they are.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago

... And find out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

the leopards are feasting tonight

[–] Zexks 21 points 6 days ago

I guarantee if you talk to this dude he’ll say ‘illegal’ a thousand times before you can introduce yourself. There is no comprehension of being scammed. I’d bet he’d buy a bridge if you pitch it enough to him.

[–] leadore 10 points 6 days ago

This is why I joined this community, this is what will help get me through the next however many years of crap. No, I'm not proud of it, but I admit it. I'm a regular human, not a saint.

This won't help all the innocent people who don't deserve the pain and suffering they're going to be put through, but it helps me feel better whenever the people who caused it also suffer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

“I’m on of the good ones!” They scream as they are being put into an ICE van.

“I voted for Trump!” They plead.

“I’m here legally!” They cry.

ICE cares not for their screams. For ICE only cares that they are non-white*.

*Don’t worry white immigrants. One day, you too shall be deported. Once all the non-white people are gone.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Lol, eat shit, both of them. Seeing too much sympathy for the dipshit willing to marry a trump voter

[–] agent_nycto 8 points 6 days ago

Conservatives always think the rules won't apply to them, only their lessers. It's exasperated because they are the rules not applying to Trump, so they think that it won't affect them, just the other people. Turns out if you're not a billionaire, those rules do apply and they get surprised every. single. time.

[–] rational_lib 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If he voted, he should be a citizen and his wife should have a green card. I'm guessing he misspoke about the court date for "citizenship" - maybe there was some technicality there, maybe the paperwork hadn't gone through yet.

But it's not surprising. The legal process is far from perfect, and with authoritarian measures like this there's bound to be people who are caught up in it who shouldn't be.

[–] pacology 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You have never interacted with the US immigration system, right?

Even if you marry a US citizen, you aren’t eligible for a green card if you stayed in the country without legal status. You are required to leave the country, wait 10 years for the violation to clear out from your record, apply for a green card at the embassy, wait 2-3 years for approval, and then re-enter the country. Approval is unlikely for anyone with past violations, so I wouldn’t plan on approval anyways.

For the people involved in this, it’s unlikely that they will ever be together again (unless they re-enter the country without papers).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

He could always emigrate

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[–] Gammelfisch 8 points 6 days ago

LOLOLOL! I have zero sympathy for the stupid shit stain and he should shove off to Venezuela too.

[–] Bransons404 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't marriage make her a citizen

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

you would think native Americans would be considered citizens, yet he's trying to deport them..

[–] Bransons404 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Probably to India.

[–] Mediocre_Bard 2 points 6 days ago

... no, really. Somebody answer this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Nope. Still visa then green card (PR). After some amount of years with a green card, can apply for citizenship. There might be other ways, but that's what I've known a couple of people to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Only if you follow up with the paperwork. A marriage certificate doesn't entitle you to anything aside from an ITIN.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I have no idea about US immigration law but in Australia marriage just isn't relevant.

[–] captainlezbian 1 points 4 days ago

Even they shouldn't be treated this way

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

He fucked around, and now he’s finding out.

[–] [email protected] 179 points 1 week ago (12 children)

No sympathy for the husband. I feel bad for the wife for being deported AND for being married to a MAGA idiot that stabbed her in the back.

[–] CMDR_Horn 78 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least she’s not with the MAGA husband now. Silver lining?

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 week ago

It would be if they were just sending her back home, but they're going to put her into a detainment camp and bad things happen there.

Yes, technically there is government oversight, but the oversight is handled by the kind of people that volunteer to run detainment camps.

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX 132 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The man told CBS News Miami his message to the president: "If I get a chance to talk to you, man — please, man — let's work something out. Let me keep my wife here in the United States. She deserves to be here."

And he still thinks trump gives a shit about him and would even entertain having a conversation with him.

And fuck this guy... why does his wife deserve to be in the US and not all of the other people who were grabbed?

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 week ago (11 children)

He said he would do this!! How are people so fucking stupid??

[–] T156 21 points 6 days ago

They didn't believe he would. They thought he would hurt the people who they wanted to hurt, but leave them alone as a silent exception, like so many other things did.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 week ago

The man’s wife, who’s Venezuelan and has lived in the U.S. for a few years, had a court date set up and “everything was good” until that moment. 

“They just came and they snatched her,” the man said.

That’s what you voted for dummy.

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