• barooboodoo (he/him)@lemm.ee
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    24 days ago

    Yang was born in Thailand and was a legal permanent US resident until she pleaded guilty to marijuana-related charges and served more than 2 years in prison.

    Unfuckingbelievable. 2 years in prison for weed, what are we even doing here.

  • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Oh, she’s also diabetic and running out of insulin & heart medication. And the Lao government is holding her things so she has no money or identification or anything. Neat.

  • StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    TIL the nazi president and his rubberstamp king invoked The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which I also just learned “is intended to be invoked when the country is at war or if a foreign nation has invaded the U.S. or has issued threats that they will.

    [edit bc the internet does not need more allcaps]