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My family and I are US citizens by birth. We live somewhere that many of our neighbors and friends are not.
Today I taught Tek Jr that if INS starts approaching them and their friends, TJ is to yell “la migra!” and run. When the thugs follow, their friends can run the other way. Doesn’t matter if Tek Jr gets caught; ain’t jack INS can do to them.
Teach your children well.
@tek I really hope your kid(s) fully understand the risks involved; "INS" (I'm assuming you mean ICE/CBP) can do plenty.
Whiteness and US citizenship only protect you if the people with guns deign to recognize them.
@eladnarra Of course they do. We’re not idiots.
@tek Okay. When you said that immigration can't do jack shit to your kids, it made it sound like you weren't aware of the potential violence, indefinite detention, and deportation that even US citizens can face when caught in the system.
@eladnarra How are they going to deport someone who was born in the US to American parents who were born in the Midwest to American grandparents born in the Midwest? I don’t think Germany wants us back some 400 years after we left.
@tek People get deported to countries they have never lived in all the time, including US citizens. It's unlikely for your kid(s), but the system can be slow and drag out detention.
I would urge you to learn more about the immigration system, and ask what immigrant communities actually want people with more privilege to do. But I can see this conversation isn't going anywhere, so... I guess I'll just hope your kids never have to use this tactic. For their friends' sake and for theirs.