#Legal Immigrants

[ramon-balaguer]

Like #BloodyBiden, I am Not for Presidente Luis Abinader for many reasons (Faith, economic, social and political, Legitimacy), like running his presidential campaign and winning in Violation of the DR Constitution, which has been Violated by previous presidents like Leonel Fernandez, in the there’s certain prerequisites and stipulations to be a DR President, like the 10 concurrent years of residing and residence in the DR leading up to their particular presidential win. But that set aside and their particular political or social ideological differences to my own Faith and everything else that falls beneath That, they Aren’t Always Wrong (or the opposite) as we may be misled by networks’ and social media platforms’ biased agendas, opinions, reporting, views and news or our own disdainful dislike of the persons and their policies. Sometimes, they get Right, they make the Right moves and decisions towards Solving problems or as in this case, a Haitian ILLEGAL ALIENS CRISIS worse than the Multinationals (which of course includes both Haitians and Dominicans to a lessor degree but still) ILLEGAL ALIEN CRISIS destroying US here. And what must folks get WRONG in these types of CRISES is the Idea the the Host Nation being Invaded is somehow HATEFUL, INHUMANE and RACIST when That Is Not the Case At All (with of course few exceptions of individuals’ personal preconceptions and proclivities. The Problem in Fact Is Not the folk’s colors, ethnicity, races or anything but The ILLEGAL WAYS They Attempt to enter and do enter and stay ILLEGALLY - That’s the Problem. No one has a problem with say an African or Asian or Haitian or ANYONE form ANYWHERE Coming to America as a LEGAL IMMIGRANT and getting what’s his and becoming whatever he becomes as a Law Abiding productive (politician, athlete, actor, banker, teacher, doctor, lawyer, trash collector, etc..) LEGAL Resident or Citizen. In other words, if the main colors of the DR were as Dark as Haitians and the main colors of Haiti were as Light as some Dominicans, The Problem would Still Be The Same, INSANE ILLEGAL ALIENS; Not there colors, languages, culture Or whatever… and the same goes for US here. 🤷‍♂️🙏🌎 #REBTD😇

#alllivesmatter🙏🌏❤️🇺🇸 #REBTD😇 #Haiti 🇭🇹 #Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 #DR🇩🇴 #us🇺🇸 #USA 🇺🇸 #ILLEGAL ALIENS #Legal Immigrants #Constitution #sovereignty #Immigration Laws #Citizens #Legal Residents

[mamawasatesttube]

the thing abt the superfam and their relationships to their names is that if you come at it from any angle where youre ignoring the complexity of the immigrant experience, a) i'll bite you but moreover b) you're simply wrong. they are refugees and the last remnant of a dying culture. they are immigrants. literal aliens. that word is used for immigrants and them being Literally Aliens From Outer Space is like driving it home so hard, it's WILD to me when people don't see it. their identities as kryptonians vs denizens of earth will Always be paralleled to the immigrant assimilation identity question. and i will always be gnawing on wood about it,

#rimi talks #my parents were both immigrants and im first gen offspring who cant live in either of their countries for safety reasons lol #so you can understand why superfam gets my ass!!!!!!!!!!! #when i was like 3 before my parents were naturalized i used to have SUCH a giggle over the documents calling them legal aliens #im connecting the dots. listen. the superfam immigrant allegory

[anistarrose]

I think when a lot of queer people who aspire to marriage, and remember (rightly) fighting for the right to marriage, see queer people who don't want marriage, talking about not entering or even reforming or abolishing marriage, there's an assumption I can't fault anyone for having — because it's an assumption borne of trauma — that queers who aren't big on marriage are inadvertently or purposefully going to either foolishly deprive themselves of rights, or dangerously deprive everyone of the rights associated with marriage. But that's markedly untrue. We only want rights to stop being locked behind marriages. We want an end to discrimination against the unmarried.

We want a multitude of rights for polyamorous relationships. We want ways to fully recognize and extend rights to non-romantic and/or non-sexual unions, including but not limited to QPRs, in a setting distinct from the one that (modern) history has spent so long conflating with romance and sex in a way that makes many of us so deeply uncomfortable. And many of us are also disabled queers who are furious about marriage stripping the disabled of all benefits.

We want options to co-parent, and retain legal rights to see children, that extends to more than two people, and by necessity, to non-biological parents (which, by the way, hasn't always automatically followed from same-gender marriage equality even in places where said equality nominally exists. Our struggles are not as different as you think). We would like for (found or biological) family members and siblings to co-habitate as equal members of a household, perhaps even with pooled finances or engaging in aforementioned co-parenting, without anyone trying to fit the dynamic into a "marriage-shaped box" and assume it's incestuous. We want options to leave either marriages, or alternative agreements, that are less onerous than divorce proceedings have historically been.

I can't speak for every person who does not want to marry, but on average, spurning marriage is not a choice we make lightly. We are deeply, deeply aware of the benefits that only marriage can currently provide. And we do not take that information lightly. We demand better.

Now, talking about the benefits of marriage in respective countries' current legal frameworks, so that all people can make choices from an informed place, is all well and good — but is not an appropriate response to someone saying they are uncomfortable with marriage. There are people for whom entering a marriage, with all its associated norms, expectations, and baggage, would feel like a betrayal of one's self and authenticity that would shake them to their core — and every day, I struggle to unpack if I'm one of them or not. If I want to marry for tax benefits, or not. If that's worth the risk of losing disability benefits, in the (very plausible) possibility that I have to apply for them later in life. If that's worth the emotional burden of having to explain over and over, to both well-meaning and deeply conservative family members, that this relationship is not one of romance or sex. (Because, god, trying just to explain aromanticism or asexuality in a world that broadly thinks they're "fake" is emotional labor enough.)

Marriage is a fundamental alteration to who I am, to what rights an ableist government grants me, and to how I am perceived. I don't criticize the institution just because I enjoy a "free spirit" aesthetic or think the wedding industry is annoying, or whatever.

#to claim “gay marriage is assimilationist” is of course bullshit and ahistorical #but to claim “gay marriage is the last marriage reform we need” is even more bullshit. in the vein of “fuck you; i got mine” #amatonormativity #marriage #there's also something idk if i'm that qualified to articulate as a culturally christian person (even if nonreligious) #but concepts of marriage (or lack thereof) vary across the globe and across cultures #yet legal marriage - which crosses borders via presence in immigration law (in addition to obvious colonialism) #can impose extremely eurocentric norms onto countless people #which is a strong argument for separating spiritual/religious marriage from legal benefits tbh #they're *supposedly* separated in the US but you know obergerfell wouldn't have taken until 2015 if that was fully true

[reasonsforhope]

"California will begin paying for free legal help with immigration for undocumented farmworkers who are involved in state investigations of wage theft or other labor violations, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced this week.

The $4.5 million pilot program will provide qualifying farmworkers with referrals for legal help with their immigration status. 

Roughly half of California’s farmworker population is believed to be undocumented. Fear of deportation and difficulties finding jobs can discourage workers from filing labor complaints or serving as witnesses in cases alleging unsafe work temperatures, wage theft, or employer retaliation for unionizing, officials said...

Respecting immigrant rights

Farmworkers in labor investigations who qualify for the new state program will receive a direct referral to legal services organizations that already offer immigration services, such as the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County or the United Farm Workers Foundation, which spoke in support of the program. 

The free legal services workers could receive include case review, legal advice and representation by an attorney, according to Newsom’s office...

Deferred deportation

State officials said the pilot program aligns with a new Biden administration policy that makes it easier for undocumented workers who are victims of labor rights violations to request deferred action from deportation. Because the federal Department of Homeland Security can’t respond to all immigration violations, it exercises “prosecutorial discretion” to decide who to try to deport.

State officials said they won’t ask for workers’ immigration status, but noncitizens granted this deferred action may be eligible for work authorization.

This year, California labor department officials began supporting undocumented workers’ requests for prosecutorial discretion or deferred action from federal immigration officials, including when employers threaten workers with immigration enforcement to prevent workers from cooperating with state investigators. 

“The Department of Industrial Relations’ Labor Commissioner’s Office … was the first state agency to request deferred action from DHS for employees in an active investigation, and that request was successful,” Hickey said. “This is an important process for undocumented workers to be aware of.”"

-via CalMatters, July 21, 2023

#labor #immigrant rights #immigration #migrant workers #farm workers #wage theft #exploitation #labor rights #workers rights #deferred action #legal system #legal aid #california #united states #us politics #undocumented #undocumented workers #labor trafficking #work permit #good news #hope

[firstkillers]

Anyways this whole submarine thing has proven that people on this site aren’t actually able to commit to eating the rich.

#oh no there is a 19 year old on there #he’s a little itty bitty kid who has no thoughts of his own #so he signed a legal document that said you could die in this thing #fuck that #he’s 19 rich kid #he knows exactly what he's doing #they made their decisions to go into that death tube to go to a mass grave of working class and immigrants #these billionaires have contributed to the climate crisis #the so called kid #would have one day also have become another rich person sucking the life out of the world #so fuck him and fuck the rest of them #let the sea take their souls #it is their retribution for the souls of immigrants and working people they have taken #oceangate #titan #titanic

[surfacedfox]

Sometimes, I guess the best thing you can do is play the banjo at the end of time.

#outer wilds #but also like *gestures broadly* #hey did you know they increased the wait list duration for my country to acquire a legal US immigration green card by a decade? wild

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Under a bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature, a property owner would be able to kill or threaten to kill people who cross their property to illegally enter the U.S.

Although the bill does not mention immigrants, its sponsor, Republican Rep. Justin Heap, said in a committee hearing that his bill was intended to close a loophole to assist ranchers who may witness someone trespassing any section of their land, not just within a mile of their home.

The bill would modify the state's existing Castle Doctrine, which allows home and property owners to threaten to use deadly force to stop someone from criminally trespassing into or on their property. They can use deadly force only to defend themselves or another person. The law considers property to be structures for residency, occupied or not.

The proposal has drawn fierce opposition in the state, where in the past hard-line immigration laws have galvanized opponents, particularly Latinos, to beat back the laws and help erode the Republican grip in the state.

It comes as an Arizona rancher, George Kelly, faces trial next month on second-degree murder charges in the January 2023 shooting death of Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, who had entered the country illegally and was found dead on Kelly's property. Kelly has pleaded not guilty and said he only fired warning shots.

Rep. Analise Ortiz, a Phoenix-area Democrat, called the bill disgusting and inhumane and would allow "open season on migrants".

"It's terrifying. It would give people free rein to execute somebody and it would broaden extrajudicial killings," Ortiz told NBC News. "This is part of a broader anti-immigrant movement that we've seen coming from the right, which aims to dehumanize and vilify people who are coming to this country seeking asylum."

NBC News has reached out to Heap's office.

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee spokesperson Abhi Rahman said the approval of the Arizona bill would mean the GOP is "one step closer to legalizing murder."

"Make no mistake, this bill encourages Arizonians to shoot first and ask questions later," he said.

Ortiz said she is certain that Gov. Katie Hobbs would veto the bill if it is approved by the Senate.

Hobbs has said she would veto a bill approved by Arizona lawmakers that would allow state police to arrest people who enter the country illegally. The bill is similar to one in Texas that was scheduled to go into effect next month but that was blocked by a federal court on Thursday.

NBC News has reached out to Hobbs.

In January, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott drew backlash when he said Texas wasn’t wasn't shooting people who cross the border illegally because Biden would charge state officials with murder.

The Tucson, Arizona, Customs and Border Patrol sector has seen a 149.6% jump in migrant encounters, which includes people crossing legally and those quickly expelled, this January over January 2023, according to CBP statistics. The crossings have risen in Arizona, while dropping in other sectors.

President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, making a stop in Brownsville, Texas, where migrant arrivals have eased. Former President Donald Trump also planned to be in Texas on Thursday, but was to be in Eagle Pass, where Texas has taken over a state park and has been staging its own immigration enforcement.

Biden is going on the offensive on immigration as polls show voters saying Trump would better secure the border and as Democratic governors have complained about a lack of resources to house and feed hundreds of thousands of migrants transferred to their cities.

Biden planned to hammer Republicans for killing a bipartisan border bill at Trump's urging.

Ortiz said Hobbs has made clear her frustration with the federal government over its lack of action on immigration and has taken what action her authority allows, such as sending National Guard to help at ports of entry.

The Arizona bill is likely to become a focal point in this year's elections.

Ortiz said Arizona has had to fight other state anti-immigration bills, including SB1070, that gave police authority to question people about their citizenship and immigration status and was partially struck down by the Supreme Court.

Latinos helped flip the longtime red state for Biden in 2020, with 74% of Hispanics who voted choosing Biden.

"The far right woke up a sleeping giant in the Latino communities and we have been awake. We have been organizing. We have been educated on policy and we have run for office and we are the ones sitting in these seats and activating our communities," Ortiz said.

"So if Republicans think they can play the same old tricks they played in 2011, they are sorely mistaken. Our Latino community will come out in force," she said.

#us politics #news #2024 #arizona #republicans #conservatives #gop #immigration #immigrants #us mexico border #Rep. Justin Heap #Castle Doctrine #deadly force #legal murder #George Kelly #Gabriel Cuen-Butimea #Rep. Analise Ortiz #nbc news #Abhi Rahman #Gov. Katie Hobbs #US Customs And Border Patrol #president joe biden #donald trump

[nando161mando]

Your periodic reminder that it is 100% legal, under both US and international law, to arrive at a nation's borders and apply for admission or asylum.

Calling migrants "criminals" or saying "they broke the law" is simply false.

#borders #migrants #immigration

#reminder #healthy reminders #fyi #psa #legal #asylum seekers #immigration #asylum #migrants #class war #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #refugees welcome #refugees #immigrants welcome #immigrants #antifa #antifascist #no laws no borders #antifaschistische aktion #antinazi #antinationalist

[fuckingstupidbracket]

reminder that slavery is still legal in the US

#it hasnt ended #also “made in usa” is not better than “made in china” #prison labour + illegal immigrants/trafficked people working in sweatshops #and yeah prison labour is slave labour majority of the time #the amendment that made slavery illegal literally has a caveat that says its legal as punishment

[bodhimcbodeface]

I'm looking for any kind of financial support/resources I can find so that a friend can pay $2k in legal fees to update her visa, so that she can continue work in the US, so she can send money to her family (all of whom are disabled or children and can't work) so they don't have to go back to a violent situation. She's been working multiple jobs for as long as I've known her but she's still in danger of being deported if she can't raise these funds. More about her situation here. Please, every little bit helps.

#this country makes it so fucking hard to immigrate legally #if the republicans really want to cut down on illegal immigration they can fix this system

[burgerlabs]

the worst part about being from a very deeply mixed family with parents that are super in denial is being super into looking into your own heritage & family cultures and then you have 1 conversation w your parents ...... and youre reminded of the dull reality that they think theyre crackers

#burger labs.txt #this shit exhausting dawg #even on their legal documents when they immigrated to the us they put white not hispanic #newsflash.......that is a Lie. they are not the WASPs they believe themselves to be #whats even funnier is my dad at least acknowledges he's hispanic #he's open about how he partly grew up in spain with his hispanic grandparents etc but on all his shit he refuses to put hispanic #he wont even put white hispanic. bro wants to be french and only french so bad #which is. just such a bummer given his ALGERIAN KABYLE FATHER #and also his very unspoken about central asian heritage #he only brings up the uzbek & kazakh heritage when its funny #similarly my mom only brings up my dad's algerian heritage to poke fun at him #..girl you are algerian too ! Dont even start

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Supreme Court creates train wreck over Texas immigration law.

Over the last forty-eight hours, the Supreme Court has made a monumental mess of its review of a Texas law that seeks to assume control over the US border. If the consequences weren’t tragic, it would be comical.

The Texas law is plainly unconstitutional. It is not even a close question. But the Supreme Court created a situation in which enforcement of that law was stayed and then permitted to go back into effect multiple times in a forty-eighth hour period. It was like the Keystone Cops—all because the Supreme Court does not have the fortitude to control the rogue judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Here's the bottom line: As of late Tuesday evening, the Texas law cannot be enforced pending further order of the Fifth Circuit. See NBC News, Appeals court blocks Texas immigration law shortly after Supreme Court action. As explained by NBC,

A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split 2-1 in saying in a brief order that the measure, known as SB4, should be blocked. The same court is hearing arguments Wednesday morning on the issue.

The appeals court appeared to be taking the hint from the Supreme Court, which in rejecting an emergency application filed by the Biden administration put the onus on the appeals court to act quickly.

I review the complicated procedural background below with a warning that it may change in the next five minutes. For additional detail, I recommend Ian Millhiser’s explainer in Vox, The Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explained.

Let’s start here: The federal government has exclusive authority to control international borders. The Constitution says so, and courts have ruled so for more than 150 years.

There are good reasons for the federal government to control international borders. If individual states impose contradictory regulations on international borders that abut the states, the federal government could not promulgate a single, coherent foreign policy—which is plainly the job of the federal government.

Texas passed a law that granted itself the right to police the southern border and enforce immigration laws, including permitting the arrest and deportation of immigrants in the US who do not have the legal authority to remain in the country.

Mexico immediately notified Texas that it would not accept any immigrants deported by Texas. (Mexico does accept immigrants deported by the US per international agreements.)

A federal district judge in Texas enjoined the enforcement of state law, ruling that it usurped the federal government's constitutional role. Texas appealed.

When a matter is appealed, the court of appeals generally attempts to “maintain the status quo” as it existed between the parties prior to the contested action. Here, maintaining the status quo meant not enforcing the Texas law that allowed Texas to strip the federal government of its constitutional authority over the border.

However, the Fifth Circuit used a bad-faith procedural ploy to suspend the district court’s injunction, thereby allowing Texas law to go into effect. In doing so, the Fifth Circuit did not “maintain the status quo” but instead permitted a radical restructuring of state-federal relations in a way that violated the Constitution and century-and-a-half of judicial precedent.

In a world where the rule of law prevails, the Supreme Court should have slapped down the Fifth Circuit's bad-faith gambit. It did not. Instead, the Supreme Court allowed the Fifth Circuit's bad-faith ploy to remain in effect—but warned the Fifth Circuit that the Supreme Court might, in the future, force the Fifth Circuit to stop playing games with the Constitution.

The debacle is an embarrassment to the Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit. The reason the Fifth Circuit acts like a lawless tribunal is because the Supreme Court has allowed the Fifth Circuit to engage in outrageous, extra-constitutional rulings without so much as a peep of protest from the reactionary majority on the Court.

John Roberts is “the Chief Justice of the United States.” He should start acting like it by reprimanding rogue judges in the Fifth Circuit by name—and referring them to the Judicial Conference for discipline. Until Roberts does that, the Fifth Circuit will do whatever it wants.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

#robert b. hubbell #Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter #corrupt SCOTUS #Fifth Circuit #Chief Justice #legal precedent #Nick Anderson #immigration #Texas

[the-psudo]

I'm sick of people saying "I'm pro-legal immigration." Trump cut legal immigration in half. If that doesn't bother you, you don't favor legal immigration. At best, there are token ways where your prejudice against immigrants overall makes exceptions for certain legal immigrants in certain circumstances. You don't favor anything.

#us politics #immigration #legal immigration #illegal immigration

[amewinterswriting]

I don't like talking about real life stuff over here but I need to scream into the void about this.

Some people might know that @red-pen-ally is my wonderful wife, and you might even know that we were in a long distance relationship for a very long time, even once we had married, due to the hard work and savings needed to meet UK immigration standards. But we eventually overcame those hurdles and have been living together for just shy of 2.5 years. We've been making plans for the future, considering a (very small, probably half-derelict) house purchase in the next few years and generally trying to get plans off the ground.

The news today hit me like a sucker punch. The income threshold for family visas will nearly double (as will all the associated fees and surcharges) just about exactly when we need to renew her visa. Up until now, I had been very confident in our financial situation and we wouldn't have had any problems renewing her visa. Now, we're scrambling to either double our income or our savings with less than 5 months notice, or else we will be separated again. (Also, Merry Christmas, the gift of uncertain fear and panic is definitely an original one, you bloodsucking bastards)

I've been physically sick through the stress of it all day. @red-pen-ally has been intensively job hunting for anything that will help keep her in the country.

And the stupid thing is, we don't actually know what the rules will be when we apply, given it's a renewal of a visa and not a new application. Different sources (the Home Office and No. 10) are saying conflicting statements - that we either will need to meet the new, higher threshold or that we will still be held to the previous threshold as she is already in the country.

Can I repeat again that this is something we need to know within the next 5 months? How are we supposed to plan for the future when a politician can arbitrarily decide to move the goal posts with such short notice?

Anyway, this is my little informational pity party. There's not really much of anything anyone can do about this unless you happen to work at the Home Office (there's a change.org petition that you could sign but I highly doubt it will influence decisions made. Still, it'll take five seconds and it might help? I signed it anyway), but if I happen to go a little quiet on Tumblr for the next few months, that'll be me just screaming, crying and biting people about how desperately unfair the whole situation is.

#ame talks #not my usual #british politics #immigration #i am also happy to answer any questions about the immigration process and legal hurdles involved #whether you want to know for writing or simple curiosity #i know a lot of educated people in my life had absolutely no idea how difficult it was to immigrate to the UK #they only knew otherwise once I had told them exactly what we needed to do

[r0semultiverse]

Meeting more left-leaning queer Finnish people on here and I’m just like... sure hope I get to meet them someday! :)

#guess we’ll see if being a part time streamer counts as me being employed. if it does I’m in the clear no matter what; but I hope this #whole immigration employment thing doesn’t go through #I have pay outs I can use as proof that it means I make money off it too #I also hope they stop trying to attack people on benefits; Finnish Conservative party needs to perish #that’s a joke I’m joking obviously legally no one should perish obviously haha just jokes silly jokes obviously obviously jokes #mine #OP #suomi #Finland

[cadmuslabs777]

To any friendly Irish people and Brazilian immigrants in Ireland: my cousin's husband bit an officer in self defense and now is facing charges, he's in risk of spending an year in jail (they're putting a lot of fear in them). They have zero support there, they're so vulnerable, we already told them to ask the embassy for help, but does anyone have any legal advice specific to Irish laws? They were just a month from leaving the country and now they're terrified. I'm so fucking worried for the two of them.

#ireland #legal advice #my aunt wont stop crying #god i fucking hate cops #though this has a lot to do with the anti-immigration protests too #brazil