OK, I get what you are saying. I don't agree with your logic given that he was legal and within the framework of the maximum time allowed by his visa (they do have maximum times), but I understand your overall point and see the wisdom of it. I propose DCUM pay more attention to Jerce Reyes Barrios. Yes, he is Latin American, which I know you think will turn too many people off, but he was a pro soccer player (America loves athletes), who worked full time, coached youth soccer, and who has two daughters. He literally didn't have time to be in a gang! He came legally. He did everything right. His daughters are absolutely adorable. No criminal records whatsoever. He is close to his family. His home town has group prayers and marches to beg for him to be freed from CECOT. The only thing Jerce Reyes Barrios did wrong is have a soccer ball tattoo (he was a pro soccer player!) with a crown on it, when all the experts in Venezuela, all the people who hate the gangs more than Trump, say that tattoos are not used as identifiers in their country. Gang tattoos are not a thing! Simpleton Americans just applied their screening tools for Salvadoran gangs to Venezuelan gangs, like same difference. Beyond the shred of a doubt, this guy is in no way related to a Venezuelan gang. Our sports loving country can get behind a handsome athletic dad! Let's join forces and get the story out there! |
All the detentions of people who could have just been turned around at the border makes me wonder what kind of deal Trump has made with these private, for-profit detention centers. Everything is about money with these people. |
I don’t know what kind of visa he had, but H is a dual intent visa for example. There’s no such thing as a work visa, it’s a relatively broad umbrella of visas with different rules and immigration intents of lack thereof. |
There’s been a Russian anti Putin woman on a study visa (J1) who tried to bring in frog embryos for her studies (aging) and was turned away at the border. Ksenia Petrova I think her name is. Idk if she’s credible enough for you. |
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russian-medical-researcher-harvard-protested-ukraine-war-detained-ice-rcna198528 Normally they confiscate the item and slap a fine, not arrest and cancel visas. |
You’ve identified the problem with America right there. Unless the victim is perfect in every way, they deserved whatever happened to them and it’s not considered a crime. The same dynamic explains why rape is rarely successfully prosecuted: what did she do “wrong”? Was she wearing anything suggestive, was she walking in the wrong neighborhood, did she lead the perpetrator on, were they dating, has she ever had sex before, is she the wrong color, wrong socioeconomic status, blah blah blah. If there’s even the slightest irregularity in her appearance or her backstory, her credibility goes out the window and with it her case. Americans have an extreme empathy deficit, which is why abuse flourishes here. |
I agree with you 100% But these people are actually here and all the Trump administration has to do is lie and the credibility goes out the window. |
You are missing the point. I think what is going on is horrendous but most of America doesn't care. So that is why I am saying the publicity needs to go towards someone who is sympathetic for publicity purposes to convince not well educated people of these abuses but to convince the masses. She isn't credible enough (and it isn't for me, I already realize what is happening, I mean credible enough to garner public support) because she intentionally planned to bring in the embryos without declaring them. I don't know how there isn't more publicity against Harvard and the principal researcher. What kind of crazy idiot head of her lab thinks it is okay to send a research assistant who is on a visa to France to hand carry embryos into the US while Trump is in office. They must have been too cheap to pay a reputable company to get proper permits which they absolutely know is required to import biological materials. Harvard has so several written procedures that clearly outline the steps for importing biological material. Probably a 100% chance her lab knew they needed permits and chose not to follow the law. |
It’s almost like the administration is only deporting people who are foreign nationals and have violated their right to stay here. |
I’m a citizen and got in trouble for bringing in a lemon from Spain accidentally. She willingly tried to hide contraband from immigration and isn’t a citizen, but a guest. So, no. |
The problem is that Americans aren't any more sympathetic than other countries are with regard how Americans are treated there. Americans are denied entry, deported, and even thrown in jail. The local population isn't all that concerned because they're foreigners. |
Totally agree. |
Why would the law applies differently to Australians? |
Can you cite the name/case of those who were normally slapped with fine for brining bio materials to US? |
Are you implying there are no white criminals in this country? |