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#noncitizen — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. On Monday, Park, a #GreenCard holder, self-deported to South Korea. His removal order was the result of charges related to drug possession & failure to appear in court from >15 yrs ago—offenses that, he said, stemmed from years of untreated PTSD.

    Park's story reflects both the challenges of life after #combat & the perils that #noncitizen #veterans face if caught in the legal system — realities made harsher amid the #Trump administration's push for record #deportations.

    #immigration #law

  2. On Monday, Park, a #GreenCard holder, self-deported to South Korea. His removal order was the result of charges related to drug possession & failure to appear in court from >15 yrs ago—offenses that, he said, stemmed from years of untreated PTSD.

    Park's story reflects both the challenges of life after #combat & the perils that #noncitizen #veterans face if caught in the legal system — realities made harsher amid the #Trump administration's push for record #deportations.

    #immigration #law

  3. In one vm…, a caller yells: “Where the hell do you get off letting illegals vote? This is the nation’s capital. You are traitors, traitors to our country.”
    Evans said that employees have been encouraged to cover up any DC BOE paraphernalia they may be wearing or holding while outside the office in case someone who opposes #noncitizen voting directs their opinion toward a staffer. DC police spox said in a stmnt that officers would be near polling locations “ensuring #safety for voters”
    #democracy

  4. In one vm…, a caller yells: “Where the hell do you get off letting illegals vote? This is the nation’s capital. You are traitors, traitors to our country.”
    Evans said that employees have been encouraged to cover up any DC BOE paraphernalia they may be wearing or holding while outside the office in case someone who opposes #noncitizen voting directs their opinion toward a staffer. DC police spox said in a stmnt that officers would be near polling locations “ensuring #safety for voters”
    #democracy

  5. DC #ElectionWorkers have been fielding angry calls & emails for over a month from people who oppose allowing #noncitizen residents to #vote in local #elections, leaving the head of the DC Board of Elections concerned about #safety at the polls in Tues’s primary.
    
“I am definitely nervous,” said Monica Evans, BOE exec dir. “The environment around elections has felt more unsafe.”

    #democracy #law
    washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

  6. DC #ElectionWorkers have been fielding angry calls & emails for over a month from people who oppose allowing #noncitizen residents to #vote in local #elections, leaving the head of the DC Board of Elections concerned about #safety at the polls in Tues’s primary.
    
“I am definitely nervous,” said Monica Evans, BOE exec dir. “The environment around elections has felt more unsafe.”

    #democracy #law
    washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20