Thread by @RachelMcGonagi1

Used to be 2 weeks, caught w/in 100 miles of border, but now you'll have to prove you were here for 2 YEARS--& they can snag you anywhere--or else you can be deported WITHOUT seeing a judge.

Takes effect immediately, but comments ARE allowed.
politi.co/2M4sx7m

This pdf is the "change in regulation," as sent out by DHS this morning, which will allow them, potentially, to deport many, many more people without judicial oversight or review. People who've lived here for years.

s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspect…

And this is where, starting tomorrow (TUESDAY) you'll be able to start leaving comments on the Federal Register. I suggest you do. DHS needs to know what you think about their gestapo tactics.

Hm. I may have betrayed my hand there...

#AbolishICE
federalregister.gov/documents/2019…

Aaaaand, now trump's admin is being taken to court over this expedited removal expansion as well. That didn't take long. 😁

Keep trying to break the laws, trump, and you'll keep getting sued. It's pretty cut & dry.

I just want to emphasize something from my OT on the trumpian horribleness of the day (expedited removal expansion):

It's on the person being grabbed by ICE to PROVE to THAT AGENT, with what they have on them, that they've been in the US at least 2 years.

Could you do that? 🤨

I couldn't.

Not with what I generally have on my person. Which is usually a hospital drink bottle* of diet iced tea, my walker, granola bars, my tablet, which is < 2 years old, medical papers going back to December, and often a library book.

*I have to keep track of ml 🤷🏻‍♀️

But let's not pretend they'll be arresting people like me.

I mean, I tan up nice and have black hair & eyes I inherited from my many generations ago Mi'kmaq ancestors, but I'm white. They're not gonna stop me on the side of the road and ask for my papers.

#ICEIsRacist

Even though there are hundreds of thousands of people of European descent who are considered "undocumented" immigrants, living in the US, who've overstayed visas in the last two years...ICE won't be going into white neighborhoods to stop people, and we all know it.

#AbolishICE

So I just want to remind everyone that we either stand for everyone, or we stand for no one.

They might not stop ME, but they could very well come to my neighborhood. If I have anything to say/do about it, they WILL leave empty handed, and they won't come back.

IT'S UP TO US.

This rogue administration is so out of control, it's easy to feel fatigued and worn out. It's okay to recoup your energy from time to time, to refresh so you can come back to the fight at full power.

It's not okay to sit it out entirely.

It's not okay to just let others suffer.

There are many ways to help. Many ways to resist. Not everyone can put their body on the line (Even a week ago, I wouldn't have been able to leave my house bc of my health.)

If you cannot personally block ICE, consider donating to the bail for detainees:
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