• tym@lemmy.world
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    This is the last chance for the world-at-large to stop this. murica LLC is cooked.

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      That’s archetypal passive voice since it doesn’t change the target of the verb and uses state-of-being plus past participle.

      “ICE kills Canadian citizen” switches this around.

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    If Iran was holding a US citizen against their will and let them die in custody, we would drop a nuke on them.

    I hope Canada takes the opportunity to punish us hard for this shit.

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    Well, yeah but he probably just got here…

    Checks notes

    ICE noted Noviello had been a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. since 1991, after entering the country through legal visa status in 1988. However, it also said he was facing removal for being convicted of drug charges “as a non-immigrant overstay.”

    37 years ago

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      Yeah, at that point, he was more American than Canadian. The US government should have to explain either why he wasn’t granted citizenship or else why he wasn’t deported. Keeping people in citizenship limbo is just diet slavery, a disposable workforce. I get that’s probably the whole point and has been for a while, but I also think it’s good to call it out until enough people care to make a change.

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        The US government should have to explain either why he wasn’t granted citizenship

        FYI, Citizenship is not automatic. I think the reason why Citizenship isn’t automatic is because of the oath of allegiance. Its symbolic, but many countries take these procedures very seriously for some reason. I think it’s that, from the PoV of Governments (not just the US Government), and I’m not saying that I agree with this view, but Governments think that “If you really wanted to stay, you would’ve applied for citizenship as early as possible”. They (Governments around the world) want you to affirmatively choose to become a citizen, not just passively gain citizenship by waiting out a timer.

        He should’ve applied for citizenship the moment the 5-year timer came up. Actualy its 4 years and 6 months and you could pre-emptively file and they’ll immediately process it at the 5 year mark. Not filing for citizenship is a very bad idea, no matter which country you are in the world. He was in the US for so long, he should’ve applied. (But then again, even with Citizenship, its still not exactly safe either with the all the autocratization going on)

        I think that there should be a law that make it so that once someone becomes eligible for citizenship, they should be in a sepatate category of permanent residents, a sort of protected status against deportation for like basically anything except for serious offenses like mass murders or like a Jan 6 Insurrection type of thing.

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    “At no time during detention is a detained illegal alien denied emergent care.”

    I guess that doesn’t go for legal residents, like this guy was.

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      It’s already not good this year. My dad owns a condo in Florida and said a lot of the Canadians sold their condos in his complex. They just didn’t want to deal with the extra immigration paperwork this administration added.

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        This comment pisses me off so much.

        Are you serious? Paperwork? That’s what your dad thinks Canadians are concerned about?

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            BeCaUSE ThaTs wHat ThEy SaId.

            I’m sorry, but it’s really this kind of willful ignorance that keeps me boycotting the US. You think maybe it’s the shit for brains president not only starting a worldwide trade war including its allies and even threatening to annex us? Or the fact that half of you support the rapist? Or the fact that we have to risk being sent to El Salvadore for whatever arbitrary ewason?

            Please, think a little for God’s sake. Do we really need to spell everything out???

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              I believe that many people think that. I also believe those are the reasons I would avoid the US. But, these people said they didn’t want to deal with the hassle and I have no reason to doubt them. If they were afraid of being deported, they could have said that. These people are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves, I don’t need to put words in their mouth.

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      My parents used to go down to Arizona. They sold their trailer back in 2018 (so just before Covid which was very lucky). They’ve done the odd trip down to the US (they sold because they wanted to go to different places) but plan to go out to Vancouver Island and other places more often now.

      Family friends with a house in Palm Desert sold their place after Trump joked about Canada being the 51st state and plan to never go back down again. At least for as long as he is president.

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    Cool, we’re starting to murder our neighbors. How great for us. Super swell.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    Follow the money. I guarantee a private company was involved and they probably do some kind of business in Canada. Make sure they’re completely booted from the Canadian market.