This is the first case I’ve seen so far of a returning permanent resident detained without any acknowledged rationale (family says she has no prior convictions and that they haven’t been given any information)
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Any brown person not a US citizen is on Trumps deportation list.. doesn't matter the circumstances. I won't be visiting the US until sanity and decency return.
within the USA article about a trump voter with a detained wife there was mention of a green card holder without priors that was detained - not enough details tho
the wife in the article yes, but within that article there's a list of five others that were detained, including a woman in her 30s with a green card and us citizen family
I haven’t really seen much detail on that so hard to say what the deal was. All sorts of old and minor circumstances can be used to justify removal process
There's no reason to think they won't. The topic of denaturalization came up during the campaign season, by people now working in the administration.
Assume the worst, there's no bottom for these ghouls.
My guess is that they're just doing a database search for anyone who's ever had something noted in their file. Paperwork error, minor traffic violations, etc.
Maybe but it's part of the ignorance in reporting things like a part of the U.S. isn't filled with white Christians so it's suspicious
Like Noem wanting to deport Native Americans or ICE detaining/arresting people from Puerto Rico
People who have legal status in the US are easier to find. Easy pickings for the Trump mob who is having difficulty finding and deporting anything like the numbers of "illegals" they promised.
This isn’t correct! Someone please read The Constitution to Trump since he’s a buffoon actor and has never read it nor the Bible! I’d bet he couldn’t even quote John 3:16 or the first verse in Genesis. I’m embarrassed by him
It’s of course possible she had some charge dismissed or something her family doesn’t know about and which could still impact status, but they can’t tell because no one will tell them anything
They were detaining green card holders for old misdemeanors during Reign 1. It's quite possible she has an old traffic conviction they didn't know about because it was minor.
Her lawyer Osorio said Dixon was convicted for embezzlement in 2001 “for which she received 30 days in a halfway house and a $6,400 fine. She was never ordered to serve any active time in a jail or prison."
Not all of us: fully half of the country did not vote for this. This should be a wake up call to those who sat out the election because either they did not think their vote would make a difference, or were too disengaged to care that EVERY. SINGLE. VOTE. MATTERS.
Sad that her hearing isn't until July. They want the ability to do this to anyone who disagrees with them. I'm sure of it. This is one reason they are pushing against the rule of law. Without law enforcement they can. Once we accept others being picked up, we're next. They will still be hungry
I just read that Usha Vance is going to visit Greenland soon. Wouldn't it be fitting and hilarious if she was detained and imprisoned in an ICE detention jail upon her return to the US?
Out of curiosity I asked my mom how her friends who said they like Trump because he likes Filipinos and only wants to get rid of Mexicans how they’ve been feeing about… everything.
It's the "acknowledged rationale" part that I didn't understand. Because even Schmidt's case, and others, so far, have no word from the other side on why they're detained. But thanks for the response, because it prompted me to search and read through some of your excellent reporting.
These folks are political prisoners, plain and simple. If we do not stand up and demand their release NOW then every day that passes puts more people at risk. Do not for a second think they won’t eventually come for you.
He had a prior marijuana arrest which, unfortunately, is a clear legal reason for removal proceedings (though in an earlier era they wouldn’t have detained him)
ok .. but think the larger concern is torture/mistreatment of detainees.. at this point Schmidt is still in a for profit detention facility in RI .. (Wyatt'..). he hasn't been deported... yet
think the marijuana charge was dismissed .. at least according to this article from nhpr:
"Schmidt had a misdemeanor charge for having marijuana in his car in 2015, which his mother said was dismissed after laws changed in California around marijuana possession ...."
dunno.. just seems like his former charge wasn't scrutinized before and his detention is simultaneous to a few green card holders.. facing mistreatment (another issue but related) and detention in "for profit facilities" like GEO's LaSalle or even Wyatt (which DHS investigated and meant to close)
Evidently, we are letting them do just that because we have no mechanism by which we can stop them.
We've also let them kidnap & traffic legal asylum seekers to a foreign labor prison, too.
If you hear of any way to make them stop, spread the word, because I feel beyond powerless.
This is heartbreaking as my mom who came from immigrant Filipino parents in 1945 and she was born in Patterson NJ, in away glad that they are now deceased, don’t have to worry about this cruelty. My dad a combo of Welch and Spaniard also gone, but the same as mom’s back story. These times are dark.
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https://bsky.app/profile/jackietechila.bsky.social/post/3lkisi77tkc2i
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/16/mass-deportation-ice-detains-non-criminals/82304354007/
https://radio.wpsu.org/2025-03-21/ice-arrests-six-bhutanese-legal-permanent-residents-dauphin-cumberland-counties-reasons-arrests-unknown
Assume the worst, there's no bottom for these ghouls.
That framing is awful.
Hoods are off
Step 1: the creation of a domestic caste system with unequal rights. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/donald-trump-imperial-plan-usa-peoples-rights
Like Noem wanting to deport Native Americans or ICE detaining/arresting people from Puerto Rico
This whole admin is...
https://usa.inquirer.net/168781/filipino-green-card-holder-50-year-us-resident-detained-by-ice
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/lewelyn-dixon-uw-lab-technician-held-in-tacoma-ice-detention-center/
White folks need to sort themselves out. It's getting a bit silly now.
Browns and blacks are being ambushed by racists in the West and their corporations in resource rich Third World countries.
She says they’ve gone radio silent online.
"Cristobal is also the office manager for state Rep. Tina Grandinetti, who’s pushing a bill to provide legal representation for immigrants in Hawaii."
https://www.newsweek.com/fabian-schmidt-green-card-holder-naked-violently-interrogated-ice-mother-2045361
#ImpeachTheFucker
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/germany-investigates-after-national-with-green-card-arrested-at-us-border
Also this level of fear in our immigrant communities towards law enforcment leaves them vulnerable to violent criminals and extortion.
"Schmidt had a misdemeanor charge for having marijuana in his car in 2015, which his mother said was dismissed after laws changed in California around marijuana possession ...."
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-14/green-card-holder-from-new-hampshire-interrogated-at-logan-airport-detained
We've also let them kidnap & traffic legal asylum seekers to a foreign labor prison, too.
If you hear of any way to make them stop, spread the word, because I feel beyond powerless.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/family-of-german-national-detained-at-logan-alleges-mistreatment-by-border-patrol/ar-AA1BplFM