He can do whatever the fuck he wants, as long as half of Congress permits him to do so by not impeaching him.

I’m not. The next phase of Trumpism won’t need votes from citizens, only from Congress…

He did all that, we all found out about it, and we still re-elected him…

What’s really heartbreaking is that when these veterans, who took bullets for us, get told by our country that they need to leave, they just say “Yup, I guess I gotta leave”, and don’t make a huge deal about it. Donald Trump whines, in an extremely public matter, whenever he doesn’t get his way, and these people just continue to do what their country asks them to, even when the country tells them to leave.

Life just isn’t fair.

The article doesn’t discuss details, only that she “legally migrated” and was in the “process of obtaining her permanent residency”. She could have been here legally on a student or other type of temporary visa, and looking to stay permanently. Or, she could have come here in a visa, complying with the laws, only to have the government yank that visa and make her illegal after the fact. (Edited because I missed the part where she came here legally…)

Not that it matters, the immigration courts here have been calling people into immigration court to cancel their ongoing applications, only to release them to ICE, waiting outside the courthouse door. So the status of her paperwork isn’t actually an issue. If the government wants you gone, they will get you gone, one way or the other.

The only real protection is US citizenship: and even that may not be enough if the masked ICE goon decides your proof is “fake” and confiscates it. At least citizens do have a better chance of getting out of detention, but first their lawyer has to find them, in a detention system specifically designed to lose people.

Like most Republicans, these Long Island Republicans cannot express empathy at all until bad things happen to someone they know personally. So if there’s a silver lining to Trump’s pogroms targeting immigrants, it’s that they are so widespread that they are having the direct impact that will be necessary if these people would ever be able to see past the brainwashing.

Time and time again, these misguided people say shit like “I thought he was only getting rid of the bad ones”. News flash - it was never about the criminals, it was about getting rid of everyone who wasnt born here, and then moving on to other undesirables, like gays, Liberals, and so on. Given time, we will all be the “bad ones” for one reason or another…

I know it is possible for some people to get a second, valid passport if they travel often enough, so that they can travel when one is being renewed, or if they travel between countries where a visa stamp from some other country might deny them entry.

Maybe “I look brown so ICE may confiscate my passport without due process” can now be a reason to get a second valid passport …

This is why a passport card is so awesome. Only Costs $30 on top of the passport fee, you can easily keep it on your person, and if ICE confiscates it because “we think it’s fake” you have your actual passport at home that your lawyer can bring to the facility to get you out, once he finds you.

I guess I need to change the password on my luggage

Donald Trump has not been held accountable by anyone since his father died. Even when he was convicted of felony paperwork violations, his punishment was to get elected President (again!).

I think your best bet would be to go to the local Democratic party. You don’t have the cash to contest this; they do. They also (depending on the local laws) probably have local officials on the local elections boards, so they are in the best position to evaluate your claims. There may be a simple explanation…

Yup

“we have never employed bounty hunters. And you are a horrible human for implying that. We do use armed security contractors, who we pay a stipend for each illegal collected for deportation. Not the same thing at all, which any patriotic American can see. In fact, you are unamerican for even thinking it. Off to the Everglades you go!”

Yup

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/election-news-2024/the-cost-of-this-election

It has been estimated that there was a total of 5.5 Billion dollars spent in the last Presidential Election. Elon Musk is estimated to be worth over $400 billion. He can literally buy Congress.

Or better yet, let him fight Obama

Interesting, I didn’t know this at all. Thanks for the links.

But I wonder how much longer this program can be kept up, now that this administration has made it clear they want all these people to leave, and will dispatch masked thugs to do so. Seems like applying for one of these TINs now is basically putting a sign on your back saying “Deport Me!”

People who are in the country illegally do not have authorization to work. You can’t tax them at all, at least officially, without giving them the authorization to work.

Now, of course these folks are working, and either getting paid without their employers declaring them, or paying them and withholding taxes with fraudulent identities, both of which are illegal for the employer as well as the employee. So, unofficially, they may be paying taxes, but if the authorities knew they were illegal they would probably be deported, especially in today’s hyper ICE environment.

A solution like you propose would acknowledge the basic humanity of these people, which is against everything the ruling party here stands for. So it will never happen.

(Edit: see the replies downstream, most of my post is uneducated bullshit)

Some smart entrepreneur in Vietnam should convince the town where their factory us based to rename itself “America” just so Trump merch can say “Made in America, _Vietnam”