Temo didn’t figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Mr. Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal immigrants.
August 3, 2018
Alejandra ultimately decided to “self-deport” to Mexico, rather than turn herself in to be detained and then deported. After 20 years in the United States, she no longer has family or friends in the country, so she chose Merida, a city in the Yucatan where a small community of deported military spouses might help her.
Pretty pathetic that a community of deported military spouses exists there. So much for “supporting the troops”.
I’d live in Merida. Its a lovely little city and nice people.
I’m glad, hope my comment didn’t come across as disparaging it. Just sad that a spousal expat community there is even a necessity.
And beaauuuuutiful beaches, omg.
There’s this thing in Roman history, where the Romans basically stopped being warriors and left all the fighting to men from the provinces like Gaul. Despite the Gauls being a part of the Roman Empire for centuries, and being their main fighting force and protectors, the Romans still saw them as barbarians and looked down on them. They were just as educated as Romans by this point but were still seen as others. Of course that eventually blew up in their face when those “barbarians” turned on the the Romans and chased them out of their own city.
Anyways, that’s how Trump supporters view people of color in the military. They fight for them and protect them but they’re still “barbarians” and they don’t want them around.
This articles from 2018.
Hmmm who was President then?
Here’s a follow up where she came back during Biden’s term: https://www.stripes.com/incoming/2021-05-19/‘It-felt-like-a-miracle’-Marine-veteran’s-wife-returns-to-US-three-years-after-being-deported-to-Mexico-1495210.html
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It’s probably the guy you voted for because it clearly needs to be spelled out in Crayon for you.
Temo didn’t figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally.
Boo fucking hoo.
This is an article from 2018 that is very likely to repeat next year
Quite possibly with the same people.
In this thread… People who think this is a current article, and aren’t asking why Biden is splitting up families.
Is this really something you’d approve of Biden doing?
The article is not current, but now it’s not the first time people voted for Trump. 2018 wasn’t Biden’s term.
Oh I get that. That’s not my point.
You think Biden was president in 2018? I bet you also wonder why Obama didn’t do more about 9/11. See, you people having a vote is why we can’t have a good country.
I see you failed critical reading.
They think this was done under Biden.
Their objection is lacking.
The post title and 3 top level comments all day 2018. But some people still struggling.
This is the real reason biden lost. Even the people who did read the 2018 are somehow thinking biden was president then.
It was edited 2 hours after it got posted so maybe title got changed after the comments.
Oh that’s fair. I thought titles couldn’t be edited
Oh no…
… anyway
I think as long as the article date is in the title for old news, like this post, the relevant posts are fine.
Having historical references are pretty helpful, and hilarious.
i’m not sure i would call this hilarious.
This article is from 2018.
Who was president then?
Just wait. I’m sure there will be similar articles in 2025 you’ll be able to post.
I really hope every average Joe that voted for him gets exactly what they asked for.
If you don’t have any Trump stories from this decade, it might be time to open your eyes.
You mean like where he repeatedly promised to do the same thing during his current campaign? Or where he promised to destroy the US economy by imposing 60% tariffs that will cause rampant inflation and destroy working class consumers?
Oh he’s changed since then? I guess 4 years is plenty of time for self improvement. Can you tell me what regime he followed?
More like the “journalist” should probably write about something more recent. That’s what I meant.
… It was written in 2018…
No you don’t understand, the “journalist” was supposed to write an accurate article about 2024, back in 2018. Is it real journalism if there’s no time travel or scrying powers involved?
See now YOU look like an idiot! The “journalist” should have written the article ABOUT 2025 in 2018 and posted it in 2024.
The Internet it full of dummies.
Temo didn’t figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Mr. Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal immigrants.
As others have pointed out, the article was from 2018. I wonder how Temo voted this time.
lol idiots
You had 20 years to become a legal citizen. After that period of time, getting deported is on you.
The system is unfortunate in that you can’t apply for legal status while you’re in the country illegally. Like you get married, you then have to leave the country and apply for a spouse visa from a consulate. Even if you leave, if you’ve been in the country out of status for over a year, you’re barred from getting a visa for 10 years(even as a spouse or parent). She likely had no legal path to stay with her family. It’s fucked.
Biden tried to do something about that and failed. https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33370/judge-biden-program-immigrant-spouses-deportation
I get that though. If a country endorses that, you’re inviting more people to break the law, get in the country, then apply for citizenship.
Also, what happened to green cards? A non-legal citizen marries a legal one, and eventually they get citizenship. Is that not a thing anymore?
You need an immigrant visa to start getting a green card. Technically a green card is a visa, really. It’s a whole change of status thing that is quite Byzantine.
And in general, I do not see the punitive value of breaking up families. It’s like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Because you’re sending a message that it’s ok to break the law as long as you eventually are in compliance with the law. This is a complicated situation, especially when you have a wife/husband and children involved. I won’t pretend to have all the answers. Obviously no one is happy when a family of many years is separated, but this person knew what they were doing was wrong (from a legal perspective), and did it anyway. Just like breaking any other law, there are consequences for our actions.
In this case we’re creating all the social ills and costs that broken families entails, being monsters, and punishing frankly a minority of those that lack status. All for a bad policy. I mean, you yourself thought there was a pathway when we started this conversation because obviously that’s the most humane and sensible thing to do.
Alejandra petitioned to become a citizen in 2001, but was rejected because she was accused of making a false statement at the border when she sought asylum in 1998
This couldn’t have been Trump, he doesn’t take office until January. Why is the media pretending to care about these stories now?
This article is from 2018, halfway through Trump’s first term in office.
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A retired one? I mean I get what you’re saying but I’m not referring to some 50 year old Trumper fatass as a marine just cause he used to do it
Someone that was in the marines but is not currently.
Someone who separated or retired from the Marine Corps. If you’re not putting the uniform on at least once a month anymore then you’re not a Marine anymore. You are a Former Marine and you have an entire community. Yelling at civilians for not getting your inside motivational slogan is peak boot.
