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DORAL, Fla. — Ronald Bellorin decided to flee Venezuela for the United States during President Donald Trump’s first administration, convinced the Republican leader would protect people like him who had been targeted by an autocratic regime. Now the university professor is worried the Trump administration is going to deport him. The Department of Homeland Security has canceled the temporary protected status given to thousands of Venezuelans who have arrived in recent years. Bellorin’s permission to work in the United States is set to expire in April, and his shield from deportation in September.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Even if many could not vote, they attended rallies, decorated their front lawns with Trump flags, and took to social media to support the man they thought would prioritize removing Nicolás Maduro from power.

Wait what? Who gave the Venezuelans this idea that Trump would do that? He has a solid years-long record of cozying up to dictators, and Maduro is one. I did find a couple statements imploring Maduro not to mess with the opposition Machado but not much else.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago

venezuelans who make it to the US are generally vehemently anti-communist, not fully realizing what they should be resisting from their trauma is authoritarianism, not healthcare

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a great question. A lot of groups now feeling swindled seemed to believe the most bizarre, cockamamie nonsense, and nobody seems to know where that disinformation came from.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

on the whole, these are my feelings:

morons! he wasn't subtle. this was obvious. did y'all think he'd give you special treatment when he can't even tell the difference between a serbian and a portuguese accent!?

[–] cabron_offsets 10 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

In other news, leopard populations are currently in decline due to overeating. Their traditional diet of faces has seen a rapid increase, leading to over-abundance. Leopards have shown to not control food intake as well as many other big cat species, as a means for surviving through frequent lean periods in their food sources.

[–] Eddbopkins 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Immigrants are usually uneducated. Just like most Trumpers. They have no idea what a lie looks like and can't tell when a con man is saying some bullshit. Can't feel bad for those people. I gotta move on and forget them. They created the problem.

[–] chuckleslord -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope. It's mostly white people to blame for trump, not any minority group.

[–] Eddbopkins 2 points 1 week ago

your totally right.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E 5 points 1 week ago