cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28614633

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
Updated 6:04 PM EDT, April 14, 2025

"A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said. "

  • Tempus Fugit@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    Weird how conservatives with a hate boner for feds are so silent. Who could have guessed they’re all bark and no bite?

    Want to scare the shit out of conservatives and these illegal feds? Buy a gun and learn to use it. An armed public is a safer public. Remember it took black folks arming and protecting their own for the Republicans to attempt any gun restrictions.

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      It was never about big government versus small government. Big government was only a problem when it benefitted the “wrong” people.

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        Plenty of white leftish folks don’t own guns. If they and every other minority were packing, fascists would be saying, “it’s alright cause they ain’t Right.”

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          I meant that the deportees to the tropical gulag aren’t white so the conservatives have nothing to protest.

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            8 days ago

            My bad, I didn’t mean to diminish your point. I mostly meant to say, when we’re armed and protective of our neighbors, the feds are less emboldened.

            I would never count on conservatives to be an ally. They’ll only start caring once their wallets are affected.