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no_hypocrisy

(55,446 posts) Tue May 19, 2026, 06:52 PM Tuesday

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This is so sad, so pathetic.

I live in a small town in Passaic County, NJ. More than 50% of the residents are immigrants.

I went to give a neighbor a letter and walked it over. I knocked on the window. Nothing. Again. Nothing.

Then I saw boys about 8 and 10 run furiously to a back bedroom (through the window) and they were yelling, "ICE! ICE! ICE!"

Well, I was in a T-shirt and jeans, a woman and wasn't yelling for them to let me in.

I had to convince their mother to open the door for me. (The letter had to be hand-delivered, not shoved under the door.)

To have children expecting ICE to show up to kidnap them and their parents just breaks my heart.

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This is so sad, so pathetic. (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Tuesday OP

Woah! How horrific and the unfortunately justified fears electric_blue68 Tuesday #1

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The new Nazi Gestapo arrives on American shores. magicarpet Tuesday #2

So 😔 sad BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #3

lots of immigrants around me Skittles Tuesday #4

MAGA is the new plague. Initech Tuesday #5

No doubt about it. calimary Tuesday #6

The ground floor of my apt complex has a few businesses. wnylib Tuesday #7

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Because we had that standard of living before? EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #11

electric_blue68

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1. Woah! How horrific and the unfortunately justified fears

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Tue May 19, 2026, 07:00 PM

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magicarpet

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2. The new Nazi Gestapo arrives on American shores.

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Tue May 19, 2026, 07:15 PM

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Yeeeeeeee - Haaaaaaa,..

USA,... USA,.... USA.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,058 posts)

3. So 😔 sad

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Tue May 19, 2026, 08:24 PM

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Skittles

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4. lots of immigrants around me

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Tue May 19, 2026, 08:37 PM

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one of them let me know I'm considered one of the "good people"; what an honor that is........

Initech

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5. MAGA is the new plague.

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Tue May 19, 2026, 09:08 PM

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calimary

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6. No doubt about it.

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Tue May 19, 2026, 09:16 PM

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Absolutely NONE.

wnylib

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7. The ground floor of my apt complex has a few businesses.

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Tue May 19, 2026, 09:37 PM

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There's a beauty salon, a very small (and overpriced) mini grocery, and a small, mostly takeout restaurant with a couple small tables.

The diner used to be operated by Columbians, with Columbian food. They closed down and left last summer. A Puerto Rican family has taken it over.

The Chinese restaurant in my small city has been closed and boarded up since last summer. There used to be a couple Mexican restaurants in town. They are all closed.

It's as if immigrants have disappeared. I don't know if they got picked up or if they left to avoid being harrassed or arrested. AFAIK, they were all legal residents, but even legal immigrants are not safe.

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EdmondDantes_

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11. Because we had that standard of living before?

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Wed May 20, 2026, 05:34 PM

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Or do we not have it because we blow money on the military and on keeping billionaires wealthy?

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