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KentuckyWoman

(7,140 posts)
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:55 PM Jul 13

ICE strikes again.

I live in an independent living senior village. Been watering the flower pots for the neighbors 2 doors down while they traveled to DR to see his family. They should have been home yesterday but no sign of them.

I talked to their daughter today. Husband, who has had green card for better than 50 years was denied re-entry because he got arrested for doing 20 over the speed limit in a school zone in 1992 - despite the fact the charges were eventually dropped. They are lucky, I guess. He was only "disappeared" for about 12 hours in the airport. They were allowed to arrange a flight back to DR. Yes he was escorted to the plane in shackles. Crazy.

To be honest I didn't even know he is from DR. Not that I ever asked... why would I?



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ICE strikes again. (Original Post) KentuckyWoman Jul 13 OP
20 over the speed limit. 33 years ago - in shackles BOSSHOG Jul 13 #1
ICE and all its iterations are evil Hekate Jul 13 #2
Jesus. Body count. underpants Jul 13 #3
Insane newdeal2 Jul 13 #4
This is just simply perverse DFW Jul 14 #5

BOSSHOG

(43,356 posts)
1. 20 over the speed limit. 33 years ago - in shackles
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:01 PM
Jul 13

34 felony convictions - in the White House

underpants

(191,549 posts)
3. Jesus. Body count.
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:12 PM
Jul 13

They need 3,000 a day. There’s no probable cause. There’s no warrant that I’ve been able to find. There’s no concern of how the case might turn out.

Just get numbers. He was probably included in the daily count.

Just sad.

newdeal2

(3,422 posts)
4. Insane
Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:13 PM
Jul 13

Will he get a chance to return ever? Or was he supposed to self-deport over this minor infraction.

DFW

(58,514 posts)
5. This is just simply perverse
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 08:20 AM
Jul 14

Corruption at the highest levels is rewarded with immunity and exoneration, where a decades-old traffic violation is grounds for expulsion.

This country needs to ask itself whose interests are being served by the current policies, and how long it is willing to let this continue.

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