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Hope22

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64. I have a friend who was Canadian and in 2002 after living in the US with a permanent green card

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:39 AM

Jul 11

for fifty years was pulled over at a small Ohio airport while returning from a trip to Pelee Island. Two little 85 y/o ladies coming back from a sweet vacation. The custom officer pulled the green card from my friend’s hand and said we don’t have permanent cards anymore. Because of her finger pricked diabetic thin skin we made three different trips for them to attempt to pull fingerprints so they could reissue a card. After the last failed attempt they told her she would need to contact the chief of police in every community she had lived in to verify her record was clean. No small feat as she had traveled the US for a lifetime with her husband who was an FAA official. The entire thing was a ridiculous exercise. It caused heartache and frustration fearing she would what…return to Canada with no family or caregivers? We waited for the letters to come in and after almost a year finally got the replacement green card. One she would need to renew over time. We knew then that trouble was brewing…..

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MAGA Dad, Trump supporter, 40 years in US on green card, Blocked from reentry after Canada vacation [View all] Demovictory9 Jul 11 OP

Should a thought about what 11 million people look like UpInArms Jul 11 #1

Take off, eh. JanMichael Jul 11 #2

Yep. My empathy goes to those more deserving. Poor kid though, born in the wrong household. TheBlackAdder Jul 11 #78

Face, meet leopard. B.See Jul 12 #89

Man, I wish he had cared about others lostnfound Jul 11 #3

It's not "manly" to have empathy wolfie001 Jul 11 #8

Empathy has always been an enemy of heartless plutocrats nt lostnfound Jul 11 #14

And fat-headed Musk told him empathy would be the downfall of Western civilization William Seger Jul 11 #17

Yes, it's VERY hard if you lack the empathy gene William Seger Jul 11 #19

Welp ... Scrivener7 Jul 11 #4

yeah... I bet he thought of the kids of other immigrants as "anchor babies'" but his are just "Americans" Demovictory9 Jul 11 #5

He thought his skin color was his free pass wolfie001 Jul 11 #9

yep. American accent, white skin, good ole boy beard... that was his ticket to travel across borders Demovictory9 Jul 11 #11

Now I'm wondering if he wasn't bringing in fentanyl wolfie001 Jul 11 #50

Broke-ass white guy voting for the fatso orange imbecile means...... wolfie001 Jul 11 #6

I mean, he didn't vote Prairie Gates Jul 11 #23

If he could have, he would have voted for Trump. Aristus Jul 11 #45

Ding! Ding! Boom! wolfie001 Jul 11 #49

Kind of a knee-jerked reaction but you get my drift wolfie001 Jul 11 #48

. irisblue Jul 11 #7

FAFO, MAGAt. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 11 #10

We, in Canada don't want to be saddled with his ass. We don't like Maga here. Bev54 Jul 11 #40

Would it be rude to laugh at him? mwb970 Jul 11 #12

My second time saying this today, Conjuay Jul 11 #61

Or, Be Leave On Jul 11 #71

He's been here 40 years, and hasn't bothered to become a naturalized citizen? GoCubsGo Jul 11 #13

I've known of a few that have lived here for years on a green card fujiyamasan Jul 11 #15

People have plenty of good reasons for staying here many years, even their whole lives, Prairie Gates Jul 11 #26

I have friends who are born in Germany and living here on a green card for more than 60 years FakeNoose Jul 11 #18

Agree 100% Thank you! Prairie Gates Jul 11 #28

I have a friend who was Canadian and in 2002 after living in the US with a permanent green card Hope22 Jul 11 #64

Oh my that's terrible the way they treated your friend, like she was a terrorist or something FakeNoose Jul 11 #68

It was a surprise to all of us Hope22 Jul 11 #77

At least a few get it DFW Jul 12 #87

Probably hoped to benefit somehow from keeping his Canadian citizenship. yardwork Jul 11 #21

Probably remained a citizen for the free health care mdbl Jul 11 #34

I'm not sure you get that if you haven't lived in Canada and contributed. yardwork Jul 11 #63

His criminal record might have been an impediment. Mariana Jul 11 #79

My grandmother DownriverDem Jul 11 #83

He had no problem mgardener Jul 11 #16

Nope, I hope the whole lot get deported IbogaProject Jul 11 #74

Immigrant MAGAts can go F themselves IronLionZion Jul 11 #20

Pretty much the definition of an arbitrary and capricious administrative action Prairie Gates Jul 11 #22

Although I completely understand having moniss Jul 11 #24

A foreigner coming to this country and committing crimes? whopis01 Jul 11 #25

What's needed is that kairos12 Jul 11 #27

He was actually buying the "unified country" promise? nuxvomica Jul 11 #29

Exactly! Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 12 #88

Good. Fuck him. hatrack Jul 11 #30

This year, it's any foreign born resident Torchlight Jul 11 #31

Sucks to be you. Just wait until your 5 little darlings have their collective asses chucked out and Scalded Nun Jul 11 #32

Well at least we gained more Democratic votes Bluestocking Jul 11 #33

Doubt it...she won't change. She probably is a Trump supporter too. Dan Jul 11 #57

He's an idiot if he thought Trump would build a "strong, unified country" Martin Eden Jul 11 #35

Do you get it yet? travelingthrulife Jul 11 #36

See Bev54's comment above. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 11 #66

I love these stories Pototan Jul 11 #37

Not ro smart politically for sure. BradBo Jul 11 #38

Because I have become cynical as hell kkmarie Jul 11 #39

Or he's just dumb. Bluesaph Jul 12 #86

Am I supposed to be unhappy a MAGA voter is gone? Bluetus Jul 11 #41

He's not a citizen...he couldn't and didn't vote Prairie Gates Jul 11 #44

Cry me a river Gingermolly Jul 11 #42

Having a hard time giving a shit Stuckinthebush Jul 11 #43

According to Canadian EarthboneArt Jul 11 #46

What was done to him is wrong KentuckyWoman Jul 11 #47

Agreed Prairie Gates Jul 11 #54

A new member of the Leopards Eating People's Face Party LetMyPeopleVote Jul 11 #51

He gets to live in Canada and he's complaining? Blues Heron Jul 11 #52

He's white, though, so he wasn't sent to a Salvadoran gulag viva la Jul 11 #53

Why after Rebl2 Jul 11 #55

Tough shit. I do not care. Oopsie Daisy Jul 11 #56

NOT a 'NH Man' .... Congratulations! You got what you wanted... Trump in the WH. Norrrm Jul 11 #58

Taking one for the team. Thank you for your service. Hotler Jul 11 #59

Pack your shit and gtfo Hornedfrog2000 Jul 11 #60

He forgot the words to the MAGA chant. "USA! USA!" Ping Tung Jul 11 #62

Come On MorbidButterflyTat Jul 11 #65

See ya! dlilafae Jul 11 #67

too bad poozwah Jul 11 #69

You had the choice, you intentionally chose wrong. Excuse me while I find the world's tiniest violin. Initech Jul 11 #70

FO. GaYellowDawg Jul 11 #72

Later dude IbogaProject Jul 11 #73

whatever MAGA(t).... democratsruletheday Jul 11 #75

I hear Banff is nice Blues Heron Jul 11 #76

Fucking Trump YoshidaYui Jul 11 #80

Lucky guy. SidneyR Jul 11 #81

You had the choice, you chose wrong. Excuse me while I find the world's smallest violin. Initech Jul 11 #82

Sad! Aussie105 Jul 11 #84

Amazing how the felon-in-chief has seen the light about "crime" LearnedHand Jul 12 #85

An immigrant MAGA, if that ain't a oxymoron. Hilarious, not a millimeter of sympathy from me. OverBurn Jul 12 #90