Dear Friends who are immigrants. If you entered US legally, be sure to carry your documents with you. If undocumented, according to the law, you do not have to answer any questions or sign anything without lawyer advice. Im so very sorry
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Those of us who are naturalized citizens should go around wearing "I'm an immigrant, want to make something of it?" T-shirt. Sorry, Mia, I know it's not T-shirt weather around here.
A Real ID is a type of driver's license or identification card issued by the DMV, and it serves as a federally recognized form of identification.
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DMV is across the nation.
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Legal residents normally need to carry their green card all times. This is not different, but minorities who are citizens will have to carry some proof of citizenship because they won't believe they are citizens. See what happened to the veteran in NJ, ICE put in doubt legality of his army documents
Dump's first admin purposely revoked my wife's status. What you post here is actually good advice, as we lived it. My spouse became a citizen just a few months after Biden won....and now we are back to keeping docs in order, having an escape plan etc. The odd part now is explaining this to our kids.
Who carries their birth certificate and social security with them? These Rethugs know what they doing. Just get rid of anybody not white even if they were born and raised here. Will never forgive or forget who voted for this evil.
Yes, it's definitely about skin color but that doesn't mean MAGA won't turn us in falsely for harboring criminals if they know we're Democrats and I'm in Arkansas so I make sure people know I'm NOT a republican so I don't get included in their casual racism. No one will be safe from the cruelty.
Misogyny, you think or religion? I can't for the life of me come up with any other reasons. I don't think the male Latino community is too concerned about Palestine, right?
I believe misogyny, with a huge social media influence.
The algorithm feeds lies and fear to the inadequates.
Look at Breitbart or Fox news, it's simplistic, unfounded lies.
Most media is owned by billionaires; most billionaires are right wing because they want low taxes.
Unfortunately, at this moment, lot doesn’t matter. Please don’t get yourself hurt dealing with low-key mercenaries of IP47, your life is not even a footnote in these peoples story, act accordingly when confronted with violence comply, until you have a free opportunity to revolt
I saw that some people that have made all procedures, gave all papets that ICE ask in their country, so come totally legally, had their meeting with ICE agent in border, cannot see one agent.
Why ?
Because Trump sign his Executive Order concerning the immigration.
All made correctly & legally 🤢🤮
Hell no. I’m a naturalized citizen. I’m not “showing my papers” to anyone. But what I will do is start carrying a weapon just for these jerks who think they can demand proof of citizenship from me. The government has all that information already.
Boggles my mind": Experts think Trump's "blatantly unconstitutional" order has a chance with SCOTUS
Fate of Trump birthright citizenship order depends on whether Supreme Court conservatives "take history seriously"
It's distressing to learn what motivated those initial leaders and subsequently influenced all these other people in your life was racism. It can make you curious about what else needs to be learned about evangelical. It's about racism. https://www.salon.com/2024/09/30/i...
As an Indian-American, I’ve had lawyer friends reach out suggesting we all carry our passports, whether born here or we followed a path to citizenship. Scary times.
Apropos of nothing, I remember a case from ~20 years ago when a Canadian of Indian descent was racially profiled at Chicago Airport, the officer falsely accused her of carrying a fake passport, and she was deported to India, a country she wasn't a citizen of. (She made her way back to Canada later).
My children are biracial and have long family trees in this country but they could be stopped so they are carrying their IDs with them to be safe. I am in Iowa where they have had checkpoints set up in Des Moines. This is not ok, for anyone. I am so mad. Thank you for speaking out Mia!
The Lakin Riley Immigration law has just been signed.
It provides for no due process and a person can be held indefinitely in prison with no trial for even a misdemeanor.
I am not making this up ... 😡
That’s just so gross. This is America dammit! People have rights! There are sure to be countless court cases but the damage will be done. Are we to start hiding people?
In a naturalized citizen that was born in Korea. I married an American and our children were born here. I would imagine we are at least a bullet point wherever the Heritage Foundation’s war room is. Sad that in the back of my mind I have to know how to quickly access my passport and cert of citizen
And get this free app that will explain your legal rights (in 12 languages) if you're caught up in an immigration-enforcement situation: https://your-rights.org
WTF! The only true "Native Born Americans" are not "US Citizens" is just the beginning on how depraved this admin is going to go so let's buckle up now and hit this straight on as it is only going to get worse!
My wife's a Chinese immigrant. She's a USA citizen.
She's my college sweetheart we've been married 26yrs!
I'm BIG Daddy to my four kids!
We have 3 Gen-z & 1 Gen-Alpha!
I love my wife and kids! #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
#VoteBlueToProtectYourRights
My wife was my redemption!🙏🙏 She was able to see a good person inside my scarred up face and body; she calls me 'my handsome'! I usually say, only you think so, lol
I love my wife and kids! ♥️🤠💙✝️
May you, your wife and children stay safe in spite of this ever increasing insanity in the world today.
And, may you have many, many more years of love and laughter to lighten and brighten your days. 😃💙🙏
Thanks for sharing your message of love and hope Sheila. 🤠💙🙏
We're going to Des Moines for the Lunar New Year celebration! Gung Hei Fat Choy!🐍🥳🎉 Our youngest and oldest are year of the snake!
Do you know how much a green card costs to replace if you lose yours??
About $450.
Yeah, dollars...
Let. Alone. The. Paperwork...
No legal immigrant walks around with their green card in their wallet period...
Depending where you are, authorities can request to see your green card and that's why you need to carry it all the time. It's mandatory and it is written in the website and I think it is in the card too.
Likely true. Make sure you get certified copies of your card from a lawyer, lawmaker, preacher, accountant for them to keep on their files if they need to come to your aid! Picture of you & your card will be helpful too.
1st term for the orange clown the border patrol had orders to check (profiling) people within the border limits which are 100 miles, they had checkpoints everywhere & also were checking people at gas stations, stores, etc. Within the same limits
TY for that saved for later. Trying to have a happy Sunday in beautiful sunny cold BC Canada. We've had to fortify our border here. Hands Across the Border is out the window. Sad. I doubt I'll visit US again. Makes me sad.
Yup. I went to get my grandma a new one since she still has her old original. But it's so expensive and she's bed bound. Thankfully, hers is from 1963 which was before they put expiration dates on them anyway so hers never expires.
The problem is that they are arresting people with valid documents and saying they are fakes. No one is safe. Ask the Navajo people that are getting arrested in sweeps right now.
Make sure they are copies, not originals. There are Proud Boys and other white supremacists who are posing as ICE agents and they will take your documents and destroy them. Keep the originals under lock and key.
Histories losers, EX: German Nazis confederacy pilgrims whoever, they are actively working on destroying the constitution and making those they lost to pay. I am terrified for Native Americans and their land while we are being distracted by BS. They are doing the horrendous atrocious stuff quietly.
Native Americans trusted the US government would honor its contracts & treaties & words. IMO it's they're not willing to be fooled again. Centuries-long grudges create strong armies, & military people like the Navajo code talkers who figured prominently in defeating Hitler. Just saying.
Tbh i would be seeking to leave this newly minted fascist state, to a place that appreciates you, treats all fairly and offers equality of opporunity, demonstrates friendship and is not run by a sex abusing criminal
Wait until you hear about ICE agents claiming such documents are fake, destroying them, dragging the pour souls into a plane and removing them from the country before they have any chance to find help.
The destruction of due process is the main tool for fascist deportation.
Glad my partner gave up working for US-based employers that kept flying her over there from Australia and wanted her to stay in the US. We dodged a future bullet there. Pity in some ways though as my research on the great Australian cinematography Robert Krasker would have benefited from time in LA.
Ms. Farrow, I'm glad you addressed that with "My Dear Friends..."
They are our friends. Some of them are family even.
And you ended with an apology, which is what they deserve.
Try as hard as possible to keep your documents with you. If they are taken and not returned to you, most lawyers & accountants can make CERTIFIED copies and keep them safe. Do that today.
Heard this kind of reaction from many people now. Good on you and as beautiful as the US is, it’s really getting unattractive to go there since the rapist-in-chief took office again. If tourists are spending their money elsewhere it might hurt the US economy which will make prices thrive even more.
Also save the number of your country’s embassy or consulate in your phone. I’m a legal immigrant but now have the consulate general that is in my state saved in my phone. I do not care if I get put on a plane - my home is a safe place - but they won’t put me in a camp or holding location.
I add if you are not white
Make sure you have ID on you
we already saw in the New Jersey Raid , ICE ignore the white Eastern European Immigrants to go after the brown ones .
And also if you are not white, make sure your kids never leave the house with out their id or passports
ICE are trying to go into schools
You don't want your kids grabbed because they are not white and forgot their wallet or purse ,do you ?
I'm going to decline to provide my race, gender, citizenship, etc., whenever I can when it doesn't directly affect the purpose of forms or surveys. Let the MAGA goon squads waste their resources coming at me assuming I'm a POC, LGBT, immigrant, etc. I hope all white cis-citizens will, too.
I'd guess that the "not having to answer questions" thing and carry documents thing may not last too much longer.
If you look suspicious at all, they'll just grab you and take you off for interrogation.
And since there's no way for ICE to tell the difference, Hispanic citizens should probably carry their birth certificate (and be prepared for ICE to assume it's fake). You know the old war movies where the Gestapo demands to see your papers? Yeah, that's where we are now.
My mother did that in the 30’s when she would be walking to and from school. Born of Italian immigrants, her greatest fear was hearing “Hey WOP” (which she wasn’t) Unbelievable to have to do that now.
Thanks again everyone that voted for this Adjudicated rapist,,It's 1939 Nazi Germany again. Trunpism white Christian nationalists is just another word for Nazism prove me wrong,If you fly one of these flags you're not a patriot! you're what's wrong with America today 👇
Thank you Mia. I carry the documents with since I received them. I learnt to carry legal documentation when I lived in Brazil under de military dictatorship. I’m a legally specialized worker, but I’m scared. God bless us!
Do Americans forget that they are all immigrants? All Americans. Apart from those who lived there before European colonisation. 20,000 years of existence before Europeans arrived.
My heart goes out...I cannot begin to imagine the terror being felt right now! Does anyone not see the relationship with 1930's nazi Germany? Does the term "Never Again" mean anything anymore? Your parents and grandparents fought to eliminate this...WHY AREN'T YOU FIGHTING
THIS??!!
Dear Friends who are not immigrants. Be sure to carry your papers with you. If you are pale white with blonde hair, you have no need to hurry but plan ahead.
Yes! I have them prepared in an emergency file... also emailed everything to my family for copies and I ahve a tracker app for my partner on me and I am putting an air tag in my scrunchie in case I go missing
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How many citizens carry proof with them.
Get your Real ID today!
It's much more affordable than a U.S. passport.
A Real ID is a type of driver's license or identification card issued by the DMV, and it serves as a federally recognized form of identification.
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DMV is across the nation.
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I choose to suffer with purpose.
I will bear up under the burden of fascism so my immigrant, queer, black, disabled, poor and in danger neighbors may suffer less.
But we coulda had free school lunch you unfuckable fascists.
Assigned immigration numbers are easy to look up and verify.
The algorithm feeds lies and fear to the inadequates.
Look at Breitbart or Fox news, it's simplistic, unfounded lies.
Most media is owned by billionaires; most billionaires are right wing because they want low taxes.
Do not talk to them!! Keep your mouth shut!!
But on a positive note, I love your username here. 💛
Why ?
Because Trump sign his Executive Order concerning the immigration.
All made correctly & legally 🤢🤮
White heterosexual Americans, if you said you would’ve hidden Anne Frank, get your attics ready!
Christians be like Bishop Budde not Franklin Graham, Sean Feucht, Greg Locke, Jentezen Franklin, Mark Driscoll, or Paula White.
we live in Nazi America
I am sure American citizens of the "wrong" race will get picked up. How long they will be trapped in a camp is anyone's guess.
Fate of Trump birthright citizenship order depends on whether Supreme Court conservatives "take history seriously"
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/30/i...
After being a draft dodger in Germany, he came to the States & passed himself off as Danish.
Does that make trump & his family illegal?
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
If you encounter ICE…
Know your rights under the U.S. Constitution!
Red Cards can be printed on red paper and handed out at community centers, churches, anywhere. 16 languages.
https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
It provides for no due process and a person can be held indefinitely in prison with no trial for even a misdemeanor.
I am not making this up ... 😡
When I read this yesterday it made me sick to my stomach ...
The legally also will face bad times
The undocumented are exported
Let's all be loving and kind to all.
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
She's my college sweetheart we've been married 26yrs!
I'm BIG Daddy to my four kids!
We have 3 Gen-z & 1 Gen-Alpha!
I love my wife and kids! #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
#VoteBlueToProtectYourRights
I love my wife and kids! ♥️🤠💙✝️
And, may you have many, many more years of love and laughter to lighten and brighten your days. 😃💙🙏
We're going to Des Moines for the Lunar New Year celebration! Gung Hei Fat Choy!🐍🥳🎉 Our youngest and oldest are year of the snake!
About $450.
Yeah, dollars...
Let. Alone. The. Paperwork...
No legal immigrant walks around with their green card in their wallet period...
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1304&num=0&edition=prelim
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1304&num=0&edition=prelim
1st term for the orange clown the border patrol had orders to check (profiling) people within the border limits which are 100 miles, they had checkpoints everywhere & also were checking people at gas stations, stores, etc. Within the same limits
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
The destruction of due process is the main tool for fascist deportation.
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
They are our friends. Some of them are family even.
And you ended with an apology, which is what they deserve.
Make sure you have ID on you
we already saw in the New Jersey Raid , ICE ignore the white Eastern European Immigrants to go after the brown ones .
ICE are trying to go into schools
You don't want your kids grabbed because they are not white and forgot their wallet or purse ,do you ?
Don't trust Trump's minions to not "lose" their papers.
If you look suspicious at all, they'll just grab you and take you off for interrogation.
CALL ICE FOR EVERY HOME WITH A MAGAT FLAG!
Here is the number to the ICE tip line.
1-866-347-2423
They’d deport democrats if they could
Because Republicans need something to scare the stupids and it doesn't stop here.
Why aren't we there yet?!?!?
THIS??!!
Dollars to states that do this
There are so many who don’t care about people who are different (race, language, identity).
It’s engrained in the narrow mindsets of bigots.
The logistics of this racist deportation will doom their plans.