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tblue37

(65,319 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 10:10 PM Jan 2017

J.K. Rowling tweet about handcuffing of green card holders:

Trita Parsi? @tparsi
I want to repeat: Green card holders were handcuffed, their social media was reviewed, and they were asked their views on Trump
#MuslimBan


J.K. Rowling? @jk_rowling
When I worked for Amnesty International in the 80s, these were the kind of stories told by political prisoners in dictatorships.

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J.K. Rowling tweet about handcuffing of green card holders: (Original Post) tblue37 Jan 2017 OP
K&R uppityperson Jan 2017 #1
Looks like the EO has been stayed by an immigration judge. Woohoo! nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #2
Kick for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #3
Some info on this... jmg257 Jan 2017 #4
Thank you! nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #5
they whined that obama was a dictator AllaN01Bear Jan 2017 #6
On my Facebook headline: tavernier Jan 2017 #7
Love it! Lucinda Jan 2017 #9
KNR Lucinda Jan 2017 #8
We do have a Dictator, sitting behind a desk signing Executive Orders. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #10
A real Dicktator. tenorly Jan 2017 #11
Did you notice that he seems to be seeing and reading each one for the FIRST time just before he tblue37 Jan 2017 #12
Exactly, almost as it's a surprise. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #14
Trump needs to be arrested and charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, NOW! Moostache Jan 2017 #13

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
4. Some info on this...
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 10:31 PM
Jan 2017
Border agents are searching refugee’s Facebook accounts to ascertain their religious and political beliefs, according to Mana Yegani of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Ms. Yegani told The Intercept that some of those she has consulted – despite having valid visas – have been interrogated by border agents about their political beliefs before being allowed into the country.

“These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here,” she said. “Just because Trump signed something at 6pm yesterday, things are coming to a crashing halt. It’s scary.”

Trita Parsi, head of the Iranian-American Council, also reported that green card holders are being subjected to political interrogations.



https://usuncut.com/news/us-border-patrol-checking-peoples-facebook-political-views/

tblue37

(65,319 posts)
12. Did you notice that he seems to be seeing and reading each one for the FIRST time just before he
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:08 AM
Jan 2017

signs it?

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
13. Trump needs to be arrested and charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, NOW!
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:10 AM
Jan 2017

For fuck's sake, Bill Clinton was impeached for getting caught getting a blow job and being an idiot. Trump is wiping his ass with the good name of the country and overreaching his authority in massive and destabilizing ways (for home AND abroad citizens and immigrants). This shit must NOT stand!!!

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