• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    You can tell the guards there that you’re a citizen, but they’ll likely respond with some version of “tell it to the judge.” Your immigration-court appearance could be weeks, or even months, away. You will wait behind bars. There’s no right to counsel in immigration court — if you can’t afford a lawyer, you’ll have to represent yourself. When you finally see the inside of a courtroom, it could be what ICE calls a “mass removal” hearing with dozens of other defendants. You won’t have a chance to talk to a judge.

    Holy fucking shit. The injustice in this would cause me have a violent meltdown.

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          then they’ll just say “see this is not how a true american acts this guy must be a terrorist.”

          they gaslight in this way.

          the trick is to protest, yell, scream, vote, email, etc NOW.

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            5 days ago

            Ye obviously. Just saying that as an autistic person, having to directly face such injustice would probably get me shot.