Welp, it worked we got em. The nation is now safe from this Midwestern mom who smoked pot once. Good job everyone
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Canada Europe, Australia and other free democracies need to be offering this woman (and her family) and people like her refugee status. She is clearly being discriminated against and needlessly and cruelly punished.
It's never left me remembering how much hate i saw Kossovo refugees getting in the UK in the 90s. People fleeing a massacre, mass graves, land mines, blitzkrieg, rape as a weapon of war - only to be treated like scum by the average Joe.
Many thousands of refugees fleeing persecution are facing discrimination and cruelty too, and have been for years.
Free democracies in wealthy nations need to step up better to look after ALL refugees.
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TIL the nazi president and his rubberstamp king invoked The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which I also just learned "is intended to be invoked when the country is at war or if a foreign nation has invaded the U.S. or has issued threats that they will."
[edit bc the internet does not need more allcaps]
Might just be part of the whole "flooding the zone" strategy. It might get undone due to exactly what you bolded.
The country is at war, Nazis have invaded the white house.
War implies actual resistance, not just online complaints.
Lmao, okay. I can guarantee you, in their minds they're at war with us. Wake the fuck up and smell the smoke.
Let's get all the first through third generation German Americans into Freedom camps just to be safe. Maybe have a few in Death Valley for the natives that don't appreciate their Land gifts in Oklahoma that are selfishly hogging mineral rich lands. /S
Yang was born in Thailand and was a legal permanent US resident until she pleaded guilty to marijuana-related charges and served more than 2 years in prison.
Unfuckingbelievable. 2 years in prison for weed, what are we even doing here.
Republican child diddlers get less
Possession of any amount for a first-time offense is a misdemeanor punishable by 6 months imprisonment and up to $1,000 in fines
Possession of any amount of marijuana (subsequent offense) is a felony punishable by 3.5 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines
The cultivation of 4 plants or fewer cannabis plants is a felony punishable by 3.5 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines
The cultivation of between 4 and 20 cannabis plants is a felony punishable by 6 years imprisonment and up to $10,000 in fines
Some of the most punitive laws I've seen.
Would've already been jailed multiple times if I was American. Think I've been told to put it away at least 10 times here in NL
The history of the War on Some Drugs has been terrible. People like Leary who had a 10 year sentence for....possession of two roaches. And that was a relatively wealthy white guy...
Imagine if she'd have pleaded not guilty...
Believe it or not, straight to jail
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Maybe I miss something, but why Laos of all places? I didn't get what connects her to that particular counrty, could it be her ethnicity as a person who was actually born in another country? Why not Tai? Like, I miss a lot of questions to ask before that, why she's even deported in the first place, but the seemingly random choice of the country is what surprised me and the article's writer the most.
Because he wasn't sure if she is Chinese or Japanese
Hank Hill's Dad would have known where she is from.
Trump thinks Asians are lousy, so they must all come from Laos.
Easy answer:
Doesn't really work with a lot of Asian people. Needs an additional eye diagram.
Maybe I miss something, but why Laos of all places?
Seems like Trump just randomly picked a nation that Hmong live in.
The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwestern China and Mainland Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.
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More than likely her parents were from Laos. Despite being born in Thailand, she is probably considered a Laotian citizen. It's very unlikely they would have accepted her back otherwise.
Asian kind of eyes? Laos is an Asian city? There you go, send her to Laos, it's all the same
(Severe /s if that wasn't clear)
You’re being sarcastic, but I bet this is the logic. Terrifying watching what is happening in the USA at the minute.
She was deported because she lost her permanent resident status for her drug conviction. Laos seems an insane choice. I guess they did Trump a favor to take her.
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