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[–] 146 points 6 months ago (12 children)

Do the Americans not realise that.. like every single one of them going back 4-5 generations are immigrants? Very few native Americans are out there because of immigration.

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  • [–] 80 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Just as most Americans who have moved to other countries refuse to call themselves immigrants, and default to calling themselves "expats", most don't seem to get that, no.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Isn't an expat usually somebody who is sent abroad for work by his employee?

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    An expat is anyone who lives outside of their native country while intending to return, while an immigrant is someone who moves to another country permanently.

    One reason why you rarely hear about American "immigrants" to other countries is that it is absurdly hard to relinquish US citizenship. So even if an American were to gain citizenship elsewhere, they still owe US income tax, and are reminded of their status every April.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    They still have to file income taxes. But, most places have higher taxes than the USA. Most places also have reciprocal tax agreements with the US. There's also a deduction of something like $100k, so the first $100k (or local equivalent) you earn in another country isn't taxed. As a result, unless you're making high six figures, you don't actually owe any American taxes.

    OTOH, just filing US taxes is a real pain in the ass. In the US it's made very slightly easier by your employer, bank, etc. all supplying you with the tax forms you need. If you're overseas, you need to figure out the info you'd need to supply on that form yourself.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago*

    Most Americans realize this, but our government doesn't give a shit what we think right now. Trump and the GOP are not representing us.

    Look at Greenland. 75% of Americans oppose what Trump is doing with that topic. That's disgustingly low, too... But still, he does it anyway.

    This isn't new. Most Americans have no agency. We're just a few notches above slave labor at this phase. All we can do is vote, but the wealthy are influencing those votes all over the country with money and propaganda.

    For every sane person speaking out, there's two to three others that have given up on everything. They'll just watch the news and do what it says. Or, worse, a massive percentage of Americans don't do anything. They don't vote, they just take it because they've given up completely on everything outside the ongoing crisis that is their lives.

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    [–] 100 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Carrying your documents around seems like a great way to have them stolen from you during your 'arrest'. You'd be lucky to see them again.

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  • [–] 89 points 6 months ago

    You NEED to Comply with These Unknown Heavily Armed Men otherwise they have EVERY LEGAL RIGHT to KILL YOU!

    -People who Complained about Rights during Covid!

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  • [–] 86 points 6 months ago

    Most of them can't read or function at a adult level. They get paid by the kidnapping so they don't care enough to look for proof.

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  • [–] 80 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Because they don’t give a shit whether you’re you’re a US citizen or not. They just want to hurt brown people.

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    [–] 65 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Another U.S. citizen: 22-year-old Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was in custody for 25 days and transported to facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and New Jersey. In one detention center, she told WJZ Investigates she slept on the floor.

    Her legal team provided documents, including her Maryland birth certificate and immunization records, along with other records they said they verified through an expert at Johns Hopkins University, but the Trump Administration is not backing down.

    she now must wear an ankle monitor.

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  • [–] 61 points 6 months ago

    They have arrest quotas, not identification quotas. They don't care.

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  • [–] 51 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I dont know why they even mention the bit about criminal history. It would be no less heinous if she did have a criminal record.

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's because the justification that the Administration keeps giving is that they are getting "criminals" off the streets. So it's worth in these articles when ICE picks up citizens who have no criminal record. It directly illustrates how they lie.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    I just wish we would stop letting fascist dictate the language thats used. We should stop playing into the performance of what they're doing. Don't afford it ant legitimacy. There's no contradiction in their behavior, because nothing they say is real. What is real is their hatred for minorities. What is real is their fascist takeover of the country. And the mass targeting of racialized minorities.

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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Lol omg. Imagine living in a country where you have to carry citizen paperwork around or get fucked over because you're a different colour. What a shithole.

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    when ICE decides you look like an immigrant.

    Not surprising they have all sorts of Aryanisms as they seek to carve out a white ethnostate.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Not only that, but they have an app that is supposed to help them figure out your status using facial recognition. They are admitting that they only harass people who their app thinks looks un-American. And they believe their app even if you have valid documents that say otherwise.

    https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5585691/ice-facial-recognition-immigration-tracking-spyware

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  • [–] 31 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    There are plenty of illegal Caucasians from eastern Europe. Basically untouched by the US version of the SS and NKVD.

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago

    What’s worse is that ICE is just a bunch of untrained hicks with a badge

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago

    2 days detention for a Kavanaugh stop, huh? I think we should add up all the time citizens have spent detained because of blatant racism like this and then the man himself can sit in a shit hole jail for that length of time until he stops being too white to consider that other humans deserve better. I insist all his food contain spice levels not safe for white people to consume.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago

    You can't negotiate with terrorists. They aren't there for a legitimate purpose. ICE is a Run-Hide-Fight encounter.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    Lol nevermind, we have a whole rl documentation with Germany on what leads to what and still people think it will be different for them.

    That's why I am convinced the US will go through terrible times until it can get better.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    There is no incentive to comply. They want violence. Give them violence. They are going to kill you either way.

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    [–] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    i wonder when perceived immigrants are forced to wear somekind of mark on them, maybe a star.

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    [–] 8 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Well there is one uniquely American form of ID that guarantees protection from ICE...

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