#ADOS/PFIR/MAGA been busy on my feed for 3 days now.
Summary of argument: "Go back to the Middle East, you white Klansman Indian Pakistani."
What else do you expect from a group funded and founded by white nationalists?
One would wonder why a group that advocates for black folks would shout classic white nationalist theories like the Great Replacement.
It's because they've bought John Tanton's bullshit. Like other MAGAs, they've found it's easier to blame the new kids on the block.
Blame them, shame them, exclude them.
To what purpose? Fighting over the crumbs thrown your way?
When confronted with these facts, I'm told I have no business opining on anything except what they want to hear: that immigrants harm black Americans.
@BreakingBrown & Co. isn't interested in dialogue. She just wants to divide people, make it a little harder for us to see each other's humanity, make both equality and equity that much further out of reach. Shame on her.
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8 years ago I took the case of a young girl fleeing a horrific situation in her country. Because she got the right advice at the right time, we got her a green card as a "special immigrant juvenile."
Today, her application for naturalization was recommended for approval.
She blew through the civics, reading, and writing tests without making a single mistake: even her handwriting was the neatest I've seen!
Truthfully, this was an easy case: even getting her out of deportation years ago and winning her green card.
But a lot could have gone wrong: only a couple of years after she got her green card, Virginia decided it would no longer issue the court orders necessary to get SIJS.
My dad shared this with me today. A letter dated 60 years ago that confirms his last name registration as Ahmad.
Naming conventions differ wildly around the world. When he was born, my father was not given a "last name."
He may have been known as son of Chiragh-ud-din, his father. Or perhaps by the village of his birth, clan, or family occupation. But when he immigrated to England in the early 1960's, he needed a last name. So he picked one.
We've only been Ahmads for 60 years, as of yesterday.
In my practice, we deal with a wide variety of naming conventions: Latino conventions with both parents' last names, Chinese with the family name first, transcription variances from non-Roman alphabets, and "last names" that aren't family names.
Every time I win an asylum claim I'm struck by how much has to go right to eke out a win.
I'm overjoyed for my client, who's breathing sighs of relief through the numbness. As his lawyer, I try to prep giving a holistic view of the entire system but that's risky: too scary.
I can't say much about the claim, but his deportation would have been a death sentence. His persecutors are still looking for him.
I can't imagine the courage it takes to testify in an asylum hearing. But our judge was willing to listen and get the truth.
That's all we ask for.
Just a chance. That's what due process is about.
It was a good case. But still so many places it could have gone wrong, not the least of which was location of the court. These things shouldn't matter, but they do.
Camouflaged white nationalists Exhibit 843: @JoeGuzzardi19. This guy writes for @PFIRorg (yeah: Progressives for Immigration Reform) a Tanton-Network front group.
The usual drivel: "Haitians are coming, and Afghans too, what will we do? Remember in '22!"
What's funny - or sad - is this article came with this Bible verse:
What about these commandments, Joe?
“The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” – Leviticus 19:34