This is like Nazi Germany

[Brenda]

This is NOT like the United States of America.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

It was mid-May and Pérez, a Venezuelan mother of two, couldn’t survive on her own in Chicago anymore. She’d been relying on charity for food and shelter ever since her partner had been detained by immigration authorities after a traffic stop earlier in the year.

Pérez, 25, thought it’d be safer to return to Venezuela with her children than to stay in the U.S. Her request for asylum was still open and she had a permit to work legally, but so did a lot of other Venezuelans getting picked up on the streets and taken into custody. Authorities were detaining immigrants regardless of whether they’d followed the rules.

Then she heard about Trump’s offer of a safe and dignified way out.

“We are making it as easy as possible for illegal aliens to leave America,” the president said in a video on social media in May announcing the launch of Project Homecoming.

He spoke about a phone app where “illegals can book a free flight to any foreign country.” And he dangled other incentives: Eligible immigrants wouldn’t be barred from returning legally to the U.S. someday, and they’d even get a $1,000 “exit bonus.” Believing the president’s words, Pérez downloaded the CBP Home app and registered to return to Venezuela with her children.

Pérez said her daughter was the family’s main motivation to come; the girl had been born with a heart defect and needed surgery they could not find in Venezuela, where hospitals operate through power outages and have limited capacity for advanced surgeries, not to mention supplies.

“We didn’t come for the American dream, or for a house, or for some life of luxury,” said Pérez. “What we wanted is for our daughter to live.”

Long read but worth it if you want to know what's really going on.

This fucking chump convict is going to invade Venezuela.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app

[Klarkashton]

1. Sure as shit once the AI bubble bursts there is going to

Be a war someplace. Trump won't admit that it's a war but it will be a fucking war.

[Brenda]

2. Absolutely a war is coming.

Whether AI bubble bursts or not.

Sadly I think there will be two wars at once: there's already a war on immigrants within the US.

[underpants]

3. Just horrible 👀

I want to read through it later. Thanks.

[Brenda]

4. Yep.

Hope you read the whole thing. Tells a story I was unaware of.