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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Today at 01:18:11 AM »
Vermont greencard holder detained at Canadian border, no reason given -  https://www.wcax.com/2025/07/16/family-vermont-woman-detained-canadian-border-living-nightmare/

(Oh, wait, she's black.)
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on Yesterday at 06:48:10 PM »
Quote from: durhamlad on July 15, 2025, 06:51:47 PM
Now he says he wants to deport Rosie O’donnel, even though she was born in NY. I would have thought this was not possible but after the stuff happening in recent weeks I just don’t know. Her father was an immigrant from Belfast but her mother was a natural born citizen, in NY.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/12/politics/rosie-odonnell-donald-trump

Gonna be hard to deport her, since she took her kids and moved to Ireland, and is applying for citizenship there. (Ah, to have Irish ancestry and children under 18 years = ticket to citizenship for her and her children!)

According to the Constitution, and at least one major Supreme Court case, he can't do it. She is a birthright citizen.  End of discussion. But since the court is packed with right-of-center judges who seem willing to support Trump, who the flip knows anymore what he'll do and then have to argue after-the-fact in the court system.
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by durhamlad on July 15, 2025, 06:51:47 PM »
Now he says he wants to deport Rosie O’donnel, even though she was born in NY. I would have thought this was not possible but after the stuff happening in recent weeks I just don’t know. Her father was an immigrant from Belfast but her mother was a natural born citizen, in NY.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/12/politics/rosie-odonnell-donald-trump

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“For good reasons, it is difficult to denaturalize a U.S. citizen and even harder to expatriate one,” Vladeck wrote in April. “Congress has provided for only a handful of circumstances in which the executive branch is empowered to pursue such a move; and the Supreme Court has recognized meaningful constitutional limits (and an entitlement to meaningful judicial review) even in those cases.”
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« Last post by jimbocz on July 15, 2025, 05:44:31 PM »
Quote from: OldLady on July 15, 2025, 05:06:50 PM
Entered the country legally, teen grabbed by ICE at immigration hearing - https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/spring-valley-high-school-student-detained-by-ice/

"Alan is one of several local students who have been taken into ICE custody. In early June, ICE agents detained an 11th grader from Queens outside a local courthouse during a scheduled immigration appointment, and in late May, a Bronx high school student was taken into custody following an immigration hearing."

Why did I know in advance it would be a brown guy? Most important quote -   "Pierre is a native of Haiti and a United States citizen."   
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on July 15, 2025, 05:06:50 PM »
Entered the country legally, teen grabbed by ICE at immigration hearing - https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/spring-valley-high-school-student-detained-by-ice/

"Alan is one of several local students who have been taken into ICE custody. In early June, ICE agents detained an 11th grader from Queens outside a local courthouse during a scheduled immigration appointment, and in late May, a Bronx high school student was taken into custody following an immigration hearing."
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Visas & Citizenship / Re: Marriage Visa Necessity Question
« Last post by AnotherUKYankee on July 15, 2025, 02:56:36 PM »
You need a marriage visitor visa to legally be married in the UK and this is something the registrar will check. If the border guard realises you are there for a wedding and you do not have one you will also likely be denied entry.

We elected to marry in Scotland because you could give notice by mail. It is a drawn out process and requires plenty of planning, it is much easier to be married in the US.

Details for the visa application are here:
https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa

You need to prove you understand the rules and will be returning home - include evidence of rent or mortgage, job (a note from your manager can confirm you're approved for holiday on the dates of your wedding), and bank statement to show you have the funds to support yourself on the trip. Good luck!

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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on July 15, 2025, 02:27:20 PM »
Mr. Sulu is right on target - https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3ltxae5vza52w
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on July 15, 2025, 02:00:47 PM »
Republicans have blocked an effort to put forward legislation for a Congressional vote that would have required the release of the Epstein files in their entirety.  That answers the question.

https://meidasnews.com/news/house-republicans-block-release-of-epstein-files

https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epstein-files-republicans-block-move-trump-release-documents-2098982
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on July 15, 2025, 01:56:08 PM »
Enough USAID emergency food "to feed about 1.5 million children for a week" is sitting in a warehouse in Dubai. The choice is to give it to the starving children who need it, or to burn it. Trump's people have decided to burn it.   https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/07/usaid-emergency-food-incinerate-trump/683532/?utm_source=smart-news
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News / Re: NewsFlash
« Last post by OldLady on July 14, 2025, 08:17:45 PM »
Sheriff of Broward County, Florida will not facilitate for ICE - https://bsky.app/profile/kojamf.bsky.social/post/3ltuflxd66k2x

From the Archbishop of the Diocese of Miami   -  https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_statement-by-archbishop-thomas-wenski-on-immigration-enforcement-immigration-enforcement

And https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_archdiocese-of-miami-the-broken-immigration-system-is-hurting-people
"To simply tell them to 'go back home'—when there is no home back there, and their home is here—that's what makes it cruel."
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