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  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeOP
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    2 days ago

    Yeah that is what is so fucked. The narrative rapidly went from criminal illegals only and not ‘regular’ illegals, to any undocumented person, and now to anyone who is just an immigrant.

    This is what is scaring the shit out of me. As a Canadian, I can visit the US and stay (but not work) for 6 months out of the year legally… but given the situation they might just arrest me st the border or just after crossing for no fucking reason. This is why I am not going in any time soon.

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      23 hours ago

      I’ve told everyone around me, once they run out of one scapegoat to persecute, they find another, it’s what fascists do – because persecuting x group didnt fix y problem, so now the issue must be z group. They’ve moved on so fast because they ran out of illegal immigrants to target. No one seems to listen to me, no one seems to care that after trans people and immigrants it’s going to be the gay and the disabled.

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        20 hours ago

        Did they ever finish going after trans people or accomplish what you think is necessary for them to move on to another group?

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          19 hours ago

          not yet, but they’re moving with alarming swiftness. I estimate it will be more than six months, less than two years for their attention to turn to other “undesirables”.

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      20 hours ago

      As a Canadian … they might just arrest me st the border or just after crossing for no fucking reason.

      What is the color of your skin? If it’s white, similar to the Family Guy meme, then you will be A-Ok 👍🏻

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        19 hours ago

        I am a naturalized Canadian citizen. I have Middle Eastern features (but I am lighter skinned than many whites) but I could pass for Italian.

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      2 days ago

      I’m not saying that they’re not lying about their operation being illegal immigrants.

      However, when multiple sources are using slightly different language, it makes it vastly confusing.