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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 02:30:22 JST AI6YR Ben

   NPR: 'Bring Carol home:' ICE snatches rural Missouri mom at immigration check-in

   "...Mayorga, whose legal name is Ming Li Hui, has been detained in jail under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since late April. She’d traveled from Kennett, Missouri, her home for nearly two decades, to St. Louis for what she thought was a routine meeting to renew her employment authorization document.

   The document, issued by the federal government, allows her to work legally in the U.S. and is set to expire in January 2026.

   Originally from Hong Kong, Mayorga said she was used to the meetings. But when she arrived, things were anything but usual...."

   https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2025-05-24/missouri-kennett-woman-ice-deportation-visa

   #politics #ice #fascism

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 02:30:22 JST AI6YR Ben

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     "...For many who gathered at John’s that morning, Mayorga’s detainment was a step too far by the Trump administration, an administration many at the restaurant say they voted for and support.

     “Ninety-five percent of the people in here support Trump — I do, too — but this is wrong,” said Bud Garrison, a daily customer at John’s.

     Garrison and his wife, Anita, made black T-shirts with bold yellow wording that read in all caps, “Bring Carol Home” and on the sleeve say #TEAMCAROL. They described Mayorga as the wrong type of person for Trump to deport...."

     #deportation #politics #fascism

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     me_valentijn (me_valentijn@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 02:30:22 JST me_valentijn

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     @ai6yr
     That part stood out to me too. They really thought they could just vote for a little bit of hatred and fascism, and that it would all stay within their perceived boundaries of decency.

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     Mathaetaes (mathaetaes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 03:49:18 JST Mathaetaes

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     @ai6yr surprised I didn’t see a “one of the good ones” dropped somewhere in there….

     Maybe the reporter was kind and spared us. I’m sure it was dropped at least once.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 03:49:18 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • Mathaetaes

     @mathaetaes @ai6yr
     I think one of the most disheartening lines in the piece is this one:

     “She’s a person in our community that is needed, and we want her home — this is up to God to help bring Carol home.”

     Yes, that's a great plan. Leave it to god rather than accepting your own culpability and agency in this