Do the Americans not realise that.. like every single one of them going back 4-5 generations are immigrants? Very few native Americans are out there because of immigration.
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Just as most Americans who have moved to other countries refuse to call themselves immigrants, and default to calling themselves "expats", most don't seem to get that, no.
Isn't an expat usually somebody who is sent abroad for work by his employee?
Sure, but that only seems to apply to Americans, and in some parts Brits.
It is less of a US thing, and more of a class thing. Expats are temporary work assignments overseas usually for high paying leadership positions.
An expat is anyone who lives outside of their native country while intending to return, while an immigrant is someone who moves to another country permanently.
One reason why you rarely hear about American "immigrants" to other countries is that it is absurdly hard to relinquish US citizenship. So even if an American were to gain citizenship elsewhere, they still owe US income tax, and are reminded of their status every April.
They still have to file income taxes. But, most places have higher taxes than the USA. Most places also have reciprocal tax agreements with the US. There's also a deduction of something like $100k, so the first $100k (or local equivalent) you earn in another country isn't taxed. As a result, unless you're making high six figures, you don't actually owe any American taxes.
OTOH, just filing US taxes is a real pain in the ass. In the US it's made very slightly easier by your employer, bank, etc. all supplying you with the tax forms you need. If you're overseas, you need to figure out the info you'd need to supply on that form yourself.
White = Expat
Anything else = Immigrant
It's really that simple
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Too many Americans think "immigrant" is just a synonym for "not white".
The people calling for these atrocities and committing them are white supremacists. What is happening is exactly what they want to happen.
native Americans
Even they are being snatched off streets and "detained".
They’re arresting and detaining the actual native Americans too. Because they really want a Christo-fascist white state, not a native one.
That’s why they want to import the racists from South Africa.
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Not to mention that ICE is frequently abducting Native Americans because they're brown
Most Americans realize this, but our government doesn't give a shit what we think right now. Trump and the GOP are not representing us.
Look at Greenland. 75% of Americans oppose what Trump is doing with that topic. That's disgustingly low, too... But still, he does it anyway.
This isn't new. Most Americans have no agency. We're just a few notches above slave labor at this phase. All we can do is vote, but the wealthy are influencing those votes all over the country with money and propaganda.
For every sane person speaking out, there's two to three others that have given up on everything. They'll just watch the news and do what it says.
This is the 21st century version of Manifest Destiny. Their immigrant status doesn't matter because they're white and therefore superior.
Do the Americans not realise that..
No.
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Carrying your documents around seems like a great way to have them stolen from you during your 'arrest'. You'd be lucky to see them again.
Most of them can't read or function at a adult level. They get paid by the kidnapping so they don't care enough to look for proof.
You NEED to Comply with These Unknown Heavily Armed Men otherwise they have EVERY LEGAL RIGHT to KILL YOU!
-People who Complained about Rights during Covid!
Because they don’t give a shit whether you’re you’re a US citizen or not. They just want to hurt brown people.
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Another U.S. citizen: 22-year-old Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was in custody for 25 days and transported to facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and New Jersey. In one detention center, she told WJZ Investigates she slept on the floor.
Her legal team provided documents, including her Maryland birth certificate and immunization records, along with other records they said they verified through an expert at Johns Hopkins University, but the Trump Administration is not backing down.
she now must wear an ankle monitor.
They have arrest quotas, not identification quotas. They don't care.
I dont know why they even mention the bit about criminal history. It would be no less heinous if she did have a criminal record.
It's because the justification that the Administration keeps giving is that they are getting "criminals" off the streets. So it's worth in these articles when ICE picks up citizens who have no criminal record. It directly illustrates how they lie.
I just wish we would stop letting fascist dictate the language thats used. We should stop playing into the performance of what they're doing. Don't afford it ant legitimacy. There's no contradiction in their behavior, because nothing they say is real. What is real is their hatred for minorities. What is real is their fascist takeover of the country. And the mass targeting of racialized minorities.
The problem is that, as US government officials, their words matter. Their official statements are newsworthy, even if they are lies. The media can't really ignore what they say. They can, however, illustrate when they are lying, even if this Administration throws a hissy-fit over it.
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Lol omg. Imagine living in a country where you have to carry citizen paperwork around or get fucked over because you're a different colour. What a shithole.
no no, that or should be an "and" -- having paperwork doesn't save you from getting fucked over
Welcome back to Nazi Germany, because that's what the country that used to be the Land of the Free is turning into.
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What paper work? The birth certificates from the 80s here are like a sliver of construction paper. No one is going to believe that is real.
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There are plenty of illegal Caucasians from eastern Europe. Basically untouched by the US version of the SS and NKVD.
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2 days detention for a Kavanaugh stop, huh? I think we should add up all the time citizens have spent detained because of blatant racism like this and then the man himself can sit in a shit hole jail for that length of time until he stops being too white to consider that other humans deserve better. I insist all his food contain spice levels not safe for white people to consume.
when ICE decides you look like an immigrant.
Not surprising they have all sorts of Aryanisms as they seek to carve out a white ethnostate.
Not only that, but they have an app that is supposed to help them figure out your status using facial recognition. They are admitting that they only harass people who their app thinks looks un-American. And they believe their app even if you have valid documents that say otherwise.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5585691/ice-facial-recognition-immigration-tracking-spyware
Betcha they have it programmed to recognize racial-specific features, something the Nazis built up to ID who is "Aryan", including purported facial bone structure.
Fucking thank you!!
"Carry your social security card!"
Why, so they can just rip it in half and call it fake documents? Pass. Just fuckin illegally arrest me and let's get it over with.
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What’s worse is that ICE is just a bunch of untrained hicks with a badge
You can't negotiate with terrorists. They aren't there for a legitimate purpose. ICE is a Run-Hide-Fight encounter.
i wonder when perceived immigrants are forced to wear somekind of mark on them, maybe a star.
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Lol nevermind, we have a whole rl documentation with Germany on what leads to what and still people think it will be different for them.
That's why I am convinced the US will go through terrible times until it can get better.
There is no incentive to comply. They want violence. Give them violence. They are going to kill you either way.
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Well there is one uniquely American form of ID that guarantees protection from ICE...
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