Your Green Card Doesn't Protect You Anymore
Fucking Clarence Thomas, man
When Trump was elected this second time around, my spouse and I pressured our brother-in-law to get his citizenship.
He was born outside of the U.S., but he’d been living in the country for years; he has an American wife who has a successful career, American kids, and ran several successful businesses. He works hard — too hard, according to the family at large — and generally lives the American dream in a nice house with a big yard, a dog, and a pool.
We begged him to get his citizenship because of his last name. It wasn’t English. He and his family aren’t white, at least by the standards of the administration.
He thought we were being silly. He had his Green Card, why would he need citizenship? We begged and pressured and hammered on him; under Trump, your Green Card doesn’t mean anything.
In the end, while rolling his eyes at our ‘overly melodramatic predictions’, he went ahead and got his citizenship.
Thankfully he managed to do it before ICE started taking people from their immigration meetings. To this day, he thinks we’re exaggerating. He’s mad that I won’t visit anymore, and even at my wedding he tried to convince my parents that the danger is overblown.
They don’t believe him. None of us do. We just hope he gets to keep that attitude.
Yesterday, our fears were vindicated when the Supreme Court of the United States passed down a ruling. In a stroke, they have made it easier to strip protected, legal resident status from Green Card holders who are accused of a crime.
Not convicted, accused. They’re giving border officials the ability to ignore their rights without a trial.
According to that article I linked above, they’re also considering Trump’s birthright citizenship arguments and whether migrant refugees should be protected while fleeing danger at home.
Yeah. I’m glad my brother-in-law got his citizenship in time. Even if he isn’t paying attention, we are, and we don’t want to see his family ripped apart.
While we’re all laughing at the algae pool — and I am, heartily and with gusto — Trump’s regime continues to strip rights and protections away from the average person.
They continue to batter and murder. They continue to put people into Concentration Camps. They continue to spread their hatred and take food out of children’s hands.
Don’t get distracted. Don’t let them sneak this shit through under your radar.
Solidarity wins.
My wife has been putting this off forever, despite my pleadings. I'm worried about the same thing. I'm not worried about her committing a crime but all they have to do is accuse her without proof and she could be gone. Now, they want to raise the citizenship fees even higher to dissuade people from applying.
Pass the reform immigration bill why havnt republicans put one on the floor yet. Why do they enjoy traumatizing families