Thread by @DempseyTwo

Last year on #90DayFiance there was an issue with Mike getting into the embassy in Ukraine to help Natalie with her visa process. The reason for that is below. 90 Days is on TLC which used to mean The Learning Channel. So it’s been a year, let’s see what we’ve learned.🧵👇🏻

https://twitter.com/DempseyTwo/status/1221786682627891201

Well, we’ve learned that Rudy Giuliani was in Ukraine helping to have our Ambassador removed and looking for dirt on Joe Biden. 90 days is my escape from all of that. But now the worlds have again collided, this time for Andrei and Libby.

You may remember this couple from such episodes as Lib’s brother Charlie and Andrei fighting in Moldova, or Charlie drunk toasting the happy couple on their wedding day where he told Andrei not to come to America and take advantage of it or my daddy.

Anyways, it is time for Andrei to renew his green card visa application from the two year to the permanent. He and Libby are meeting with an immigration attorney who tells them this is the worst time to be an immigrant because the government is looking to deny everybody.

The attorney says this is the worst time to be an immigrant. She says the governments position has gone from ‘how can I help you, to how can I find a way to deny you?’ She prepares Andrei for what may be an ‘interrogation’. This shocks Libby, whose mouth is agape.

This is what ‘build the wall’ means, folks. Build the wall is not just a border separating us from Mexico. The administration built a wall within the process of immigration from everywhere. And there are real world consequences for these policies and rhetoric.

The look on Libby’s face was one of complete and utter surprise. You can almost see the look of concern come over her face when she is holding their child. If Andrei gets deported, that makes her a single mom due to an administrative policy to reduce the amount of immigrants.

She is appalled at hearing that the government might ask for a paternity test to confirm that Andrei is the father of their baby.

Yup. That’s where we are at, folks. See, we’re learning.

Just a reminder, people born in the US are citizens regardless of their parents status. Think about this for minute. The government can require a US citizen to submit their DNA for purposes of proving their immigrant parent is their parent.

Sorry, what? The administration who told us they are for America and Americans first were pretty quick to violate US citizens rights and force them to prove their lineage. You’re no less American if you’re still teething.

I used past tense there but this is still happening even though the former administration is out of office. Their policies will remain unless they are changed. The damage lingers. It would be easy to blame Biden which is what they hope you’ll do so they’ll keep winning elections.

Now imagine you don’t have the money or the ability to fill out the paper work required. Or you do it perfectly and then fail the interview. Sorry, interrogation. You can get deported. The party of family values just ripped yours apart.

So what might happen if the process gets too arduous? People may just ignore it. They may choose to not engage, not fill out the forms, not have interviews. And when this happens, the party of family values says you’ve been non compliant and deports you anyways.

Do you see how they set the hoops up, make you jump through them, then light them on fire and make you jump through again? Do you see how they set up their arguments for their benefits? They tell you immigrants don’t follow their draconian process and we should build the wall.

If Andrei gets deported, anyone who has watched the show, knows Libby’s family would have her back if it comes to that. But do they, though? I don’t know who Libby voted for, but I have a pretty good guess on who Charlie voted for. Build the wall? Why? To own the Libby’s?
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PS The person most responsible for these policies, the ones that would require a DNA sample from a toddler to prove who her father is...yeah, he refuses to submit his DNA in the @ejeancarroll case.