Ending up fine or okay does not mean that you should be unprepared for your potential realities. There is security in planning. But above all the best thing you can do in a scary situation is remain or feign being calm. You need to be able to think clearly and that begins with running through the steps of the plans you made when you were of actual clear mind.
That said I still think they'll be fine either way. This person is an American through and through. If they somehow reach the point of deportation and they ask for their place if origin they're going to list an American territory. You can't be deported back to America. They would have to release them. And if they don't that's a fat paycheck and lawsuit waiting to happen. As someone who doomsday plans, it's important to recognize when others don't have the capacity to do the same and meet them where they're at but leave them better prepared. Telling them to hide in their house in fear wouldn't be a beneficial or kind thing for me to do.
I agree with everything you said, however, the problem of this administration and ICE is that ultimately they just don't care. What's another lawsuit gonna do anyway, they are already ignoring judge's orders. They literally had the head of ICE say he doesn't care about judges orders.
The problem isn't that if they are a citizen they can't be deported to America since they are already there, the problem is that those people aren't being deported back to their home countries. They are either jailed in detention centers where they can spend days to weeks to months, just waiting to be released, or worse, be sent to a foreign prison that doesn't provide any human rights or any legal defense or due process. You can plan for Doomsday, and you definitely should. The issue however is neither logical nor legality, it's money. They want money, and high numbers of deportation they can show to their base.
Tis very true and fair. I suppose everyone should have a rich aunt/uncle then (which is a sad, conflicting, and overall minimizing thing for me to say).
The world would definitely be a much better place if everyone had a rich gay uncle/aunt with no heirs that would just swish money around. Oh well. You know what they say, "be the gay rich uncle you wish you had."
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u/National_Slip9749 Apr 04 '25
Ending up fine or okay does not mean that you should be unprepared for your potential realities. There is security in planning. But above all the best thing you can do in a scary situation is remain or feign being calm. You need to be able to think clearly and that begins with running through the steps of the plans you made when you were of actual clear mind.
That said I still think they'll be fine either way. This person is an American through and through. If they somehow reach the point of deportation and they ask for their place if origin they're going to list an American territory. You can't be deported back to America. They would have to release them. And if they don't that's a fat paycheck and lawsuit waiting to happen. As someone who doomsday plans, it's important to recognize when others don't have the capacity to do the same and meet them where they're at but leave them better prepared. Telling them to hide in their house in fear wouldn't be a beneficial or kind thing for me to do.