• @SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    If Iran was holding a US citizen against their will and let them die in custody, we would drop a nuke on them.

    I hope Canada takes the opportunity to punish us hard for this shit.

  • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1071 month ago

    Well, yeah but he probably just got here…

    Checks notes

    ICE noted Noviello had been a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. since 1991, after entering the country through legal visa status in 1988. However, it also said he was facing removal for being convicted of drug charges “as a non-immigrant overstay.”

    37 years ago

    • Yeah, at that point, he was more American than Canadian. The US government should have to explain either why he wasn’t granted citizenship or else why he wasn’t deported. Keeping people in citizenship limbo is just diet slavery, a disposable workforce. I get that’s probably the whole point and has been for a while, but I also think it’s good to call it out until enough people care to make a change.

      • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        151 month ago

        Ironically enough he was arrested in Florida which is far enough away there’s likely a real difference over that long of time.

        Like “real” as in there is a difference. Not that it is in anyway significant.

        I googled and apparently in the ~14 billion years we think the universe has existed, the north pole has experienced about four more days of time than the equator.

        So like 37 American years or 37.000000000000000000000001 Canadian years.

        I’m assuming American.

          • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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            31 month ago

            Eh, that’s over the estimated life of the universe.

            Our solar system is likely a third that age.

            It was just the first example I got when googling it, and I didn’t want to break it down and convert it to make it more accurate.

            Even then, pole reversal are common (speaking of, were like 100k years overdue and inexplicable shit is going on under the antarctic right now…) so even over the life of the Earth you’d have to keep teleporting to each new North Pole.

            But it’s a good example of relativity.

        • @I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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          You can’t use the age of the universe because the North Pole didn’t exist until earth formed, and that was only ~4.5 billion years ago.

      • @DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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        Well, given the dwindling life expectancy of Americans, 37 Canadian years is probably somewhere over 40 American.

    • @Botzo@lemmy.world
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      91 month ago

      That’s archetypal passive voice since it doesn’t change the target of the verb and uses state-of-being plus past participle.

      “ICE kills Canadian citizen” switches this around.

  • @Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world
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    751 month ago

    “At no time during detention is a detained illegal alien denied emergent care.”

    I guess that doesn’t go for legal residents, like this guy was.

    • @FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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      721 month ago

      It’s already not good this year. My dad owns a condo in Florida and said a lot of the Canadians sold their condos in his complex. They just didn’t want to deal with the extra immigration paperwork this administration added.

      • @k0e3@lemmy.ca
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        111 month ago

        This comment pisses me off so much.

        Are you serious? Paperwork? That’s what your dad thinks Canadians are concerned about?

        • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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          311 month ago

          They have a second condo in Florida they’re well off and mostly-white

          They have that “won’t happen to me” attitude.

        • @entwine413@lemm.ee
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          Probably since I’m assuming most of them are white.

          Old white people basically never think they’re going to be the target for government discrimination.

          • @k0e3@lemmy.ca
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            01 month ago

            BeCaUSE ThaTs wHat ThEy SaId.

            I’m sorry, but it’s really this kind of willful ignorance that keeps me boycotting the US. You think maybe it’s the shit for brains president not only starting a worldwide trade war including its allies and even threatening to annex us? Or the fact that half of you support the rapist? Or the fact that we have to risk being sent to El Salvadore for whatever arbitrary ewason?

            Please, think a little for God’s sake. Do we really need to spell everything out???

            • @FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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              21 month ago

              I believe that many people think that. I also believe those are the reasons I would avoid the US. But, these people said they didn’t want to deal with the hassle and I have no reason to doubt them. If they were afraid of being deported, they could have said that. These people are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves, I don’t need to put words in their mouth.

    • @BlackAura@lemmy.world
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      My parents used to go down to Arizona. They sold their trailer back in 2018 (so just before Covid which was very lucky). They’ve done the odd trip down to the US (they sold because they wanted to go to different places) but plan to go out to Vancouver Island and other places more often now.

      Family friends with a house in Palm Desert sold their place after Trump joked about Canada being the 51st state and plan to never go back down again. At least for as long as he is president.

  • Follow the money. I guarantee a private company was involved and they probably do some kind of business in Canada. Make sure they’re completely booted from the Canadian market.

    • Not a citizen, but he should have been. If a legal resident has been in the US for ten years, the government should either have to grant them citizenship or explain why they don’t qualify and deport them. This guy was selling drugs, yeah, but he was also probably paying taxes. That’s the whole point of the system as it is, exploiting immigrants for illegal labor and then blaming them when they get caught. This guy should have gotten a trial, probably some prison time, and enough rehabilitation to reenter free society.

  • _AutumnMoon_
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    61 month ago

    Canada, nows the time to reveal your secret robot army and take revenge. You have a secret robot army, right?