• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges. The man was released after his case received widespread coverage.

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      Mark my words, these types of things are about to become increasingly more common at a rapid rate.

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        6 days ago

        The cases we hear about? Sure. The others… who knows how many cases happened without media attention for each ones that gets some attention.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’m waiting for this to happen to a white parson who has an Hispanic name, like Rafael “Ted” Cruz.

    If a journalist can do a human interest piece on a white parson sent to El Salvador or at least sent into the ICE black hole where the rule of law doesn’t exist, maybe that would drive the point home to “libertarians” and “small government conservatives.” Maybe it’s time to see past petty racism and see what’s at stake in the long term.

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      It won’t. But it’ll probably happen to a “liberal terrorist.” I expect the lack of consequences will make mundane things like organizing a one-way ticket to a nazi prison.

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    6 days ago

    The point is not to keep us safe from criminals but to remind us that no one is safe from Trump’s carnage

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    I hope he fucking sues the FUCK out of the county for wrongful imprisonment.

    PLEASE let this man get a pay out!