Canada Europe, Australia and other free democracies need to be offering this woman (and her family) and people like her refugee status. She is clearly being discriminated against and needlessly and cruelly punished.
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Many thousands of refugees fleeing persecution are facing discrimination and cruelty too, and have been for years.
Free democracies in wealthy nations need to step up better to look after ALL refugees.
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TIL the nazi president and his rubberstamp king invoked The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which I also just learned "is intended to be invoked when the country is at war or if a foreign nation has invaded the U.S. or has issued threats that they will."
[edit bc the internet does not need more allcaps]
Might just be part of the whole "flooding the zone" strategy. It might get undone due to exactly what you bolded.
The country is at war, Nazis have invaded the white house.
War implies actual resistance, not just online complaints.
Lmao, okay. I can guarantee you, in their minds they're at war with us. Wake the fuck up and smell the smoke.
Let's get all the first through third generation German Americans into Freedom camps just to be safe. Maybe have a few in Death Valley for the natives that don't appreciate their Land gifts in Oklahoma that are selfishly hogging mineral rich lands. /S
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