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In reply to the discussion: This is the man that ICE just detained. Iowa superintendent and former Olympian bested in footrace by 5th-grader [View all]maxsolomon
(37,413 posts)16. If that's true then he's fucked. A 2024 Final Removal Order would have come under Biden.
So many of the stories that get national attention are of people that would have got deported under Biden or Obama as well.
The one that comes to mind in the British singer who overstayed her Visa by 20 years and thought she could travel into Canada on an expired passport. When she was denied entry she was picked up by Customs re-entering the US. She should have known not to leave. https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-singer-jane-eugene-2103667
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This is the man that ICE just detained. Iowa superintendent and former Olympian bested in footrace by 5th-grader [View all]
sheshe2
Yesterday
OP
That article about the foot race is great. How is he Superintendent and ICE is stiffing around for him?
underpants
Yesterday
#3
That quote is ambiguous. Referring to Amendment 14, if he was born in Brooklyn, regardless of
flashman13
Yesterday
#18
I am certainly not implying that you are not. My point was that the existing information is ambiguous.
flashman13
Yesterday
#20
If that's true then he's fucked. A 2024 Final Removal Order would have come under Biden.
maxsolomon
Yesterday
#16
Regarding the weapons charge. Riberts says he was deer hunting and had his rifle
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#45
entered US on student visa, No work authorization. he was living on borrowed time.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#21
undocumented, no work authorization, removal order. He may be a great guy but it's amazing he was hired.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#22
School says he completed the I9 form, where you deckare legal to work in US
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#46
"in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife"
KS Toronado
Yesterday
#14
Im not understanding Riberta timeline, in US as student in 99, competed in Olympics for Guyana in 2000
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#47
It's not uncommon for a foreign-born athlete to represent their native country if they still have citizenship of
dalton99a
14 hrs ago
#70
To those trying to establish the guilt of this man: why would you believe anything ICE says?
Hekate
Yesterday
#30
Right, Alex Padilla, going about his lawful business as a US Senator. Thugs. Lawless, sadistic, thugs.
Hekate
Yesterday
#35
... Less Than Zero Crediblity... Damn Shame If The Whole Organization 'Melted'... Damn Shame... Big Tears...
MayReasonRule
Yesterday
#33
And? If he doesn't have his naturalization papers to hand, why do they need so badly to lie abt all else?
Hekate
Yesterday
#40
Any idea how much a "good immigration lawyer" costs? My husband is naturalized...
Hekate
Yesterday
#43
So the option of lawsuits makes it all right in your mind? Bcs that's what I hear you saying...
Hekate
22 hrs ago
#50
Thank you for getting it. Any person on our soil is Constitutionally entitled to due process...
Hekate
19 hrs ago
#57
If life survives the next 20 years, surviving humans need to remember stuff like this so it doesn't happen again
0rganism
Yesterday
#38
Is anyone keeping a collection of all of the folks ICE is doccumented to have taken
quakerboy
21 hrs ago
#52
It would certainly be great if there was a running record of All the incidents carried out by ICE.
riversedge
11 hrs ago
#76
Once we get back control in 2029, need to abolish ICE, prohibit all deportations, & repatriate any deported since 2017.
MichMan
14 hrs ago
#63
So you're telling me that this man who has served in various positions in education
indusurb
11 hrs ago
#75