#immigrate

[lesbianamalvada]

google is telling the difference between immigrate and emigrate is that immigrate means to move to a different and emigrate means to move to a different country. I hate english.

[properexpert]

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[shittygaypornmagazine]

dear usamerican high schoolers looking for a way to resist fascism: sit through the pledge of allegiance.

no getting up. no looking at the flag.

everyone will be looking at you. you'll be sweating like a fucking hippopotamus. your teacher will sternly tell you to get up. you'll feel stupid and that maybe its not worth it because you're just a kid in a classroom. but I'm here to remind you that there are no real life consequences to detention. there are however real life consequences to resisting a thoughtless performance of nationalism.

[kitcactusart]

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[vivid-bun]

A reminder to the "the American government wouldn't..." crowd. They have. They have made their own internment camps before. They have rounded up innocent citizens and immigrants before. The victims of which are still alive to this day and trying to share their stories with the world, they have been trying to warn us for a long time. George Takei (as seen above) is a famous example of this. He has written about his experiences time and time again, even publishing a book talking about his time in these camps. He may be famous now, but at the time he was just another kid forced from his home. To this day he still firmly dedicates himself to trying to educate and inform people, trying to spread awareness with his platform. The American Government can and will do terrible things. Do not let anyone convince you otherwise.

[cemeterygrace]

reminders:

if you or someone you know might need it in the next few years, purchase plan b. the shelf life of plan b is 4 years, and we might not be able to access it as easily as we can now in the days ahead.

if you are larger/plus size: go online and purchase ella instead of plan b. plan b is less effective if you aren’t under 160 pounds.

if you can, purchase books that project 2025 is looking to ban.

mass deportations are starting. if you see ice vehicles or agents, yell ice raid and la migra as loud as you can.

if someone asks who you voted for, keep your mouth shut. they’re fishing for traitors.

if anyone, anyone at all asks about your neighbors or their legal status in the us, you know nothing. don’t be the reason that their family is separated.

if anyone asks about your religion or lack thereof, keep it vague. this administration will look for any excuse to persecute you.

your friends are trans or queer? for the next four years they’re not. don’t expose anyone’s status as a trans or queer person to anyone else, even if you think you can trust them.

did someone you know get an abortion? no, they didn’t. they were never pregnant.

in short, don’t be a snitch, and keep to yourself these next four years. we’ll make it through this even if it seems hopeless at times.

we can survive this. we’ve survived before, and we’ll survive again.

[maichan808]

Feb 4, 2025 - Thousands of Los Angeles high school students walked out of class and marched on City Hall in the third straight day of Anti-ICE protests. (Source)

PROTESTS ARE HAPPENING. THEY ARE JUST NOT BEING COVERED OUTSIDE OF LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. DO NOT RELY ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

There was a huge Trans-rights demonstration last night in New York outside of NYU Langone hospital in protest of their decision to halt gender-affirming care under Trump's order. (Source)

[lilhawkeye3]

A Crash Course to Kendrick's Super Bowl Performance, from a Black Woman

Note: this does NOT go in depth into all of the song's lyrics. I don't have time to recount two decades of his discography. This is just a summary of the performance itself.

Let's start with the first visual we get:

UNCLE SAM - most notably recognized from WWII American wartime propaganda, Uncle Sam is the personification of American patriotism and freedom. The term "uncle" is also evocative of Uncle Tom from Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abolitionist book that aided in inciting the Civil War. Uncle is also a very common term (both endearment and derogatory) towards Black men (eg. "unc"). Samuel L Jackson was fantastic. (Edit: and please look up his history of civil rights activism, he was on the FBI watchlist and even a pallbearer at MLKJr’s funeral.)

Uncle Sam also resembles a circus ringleader, notable for my next point:

THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME - no, not Super Bowl. The GAG is us the people being pitted against each other: through late-stage capitalism, through the culture war, through class warfare, through being built of the backs of slaves. We are all players in the GAG because none of us on this site were the oligarchs seated at the inauguration.

This is also seen as Kendrick's stage was a Play Station controller. Not only did it remind of circus rings visually, but it was a game battle stage. The Great American Game is a battle royale of the commoners for the amusement of the rich whites.

Remember the foods / Them color was tin and brown / But now they 100 and blue - For this I'll just say, look what the last election said about lowering the price of eggs... and look at the prices now.

The revolution about to be televised / You picked the right time / But the wrong guy - Election 2024 once more. *Edit to add, the first part of this lyric is in reference to the Black Liberation Song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" by Gil Scott-Heron. Thanks to everyone who mentioned that.

THE FLAG DANCERS - yes, the dancers formed the US flag... off of the backs of Black people. Not a single white person in sight, and that's true of the cotton pickers in the fields. Plantations are part of how the US came to economic prominence after being a "backwater" colony. Remember tobacco? Cotton? Our bloodlines do. *Edit to add: they also all piled out of a clown car. The US flag in a clown car? Brilliant.

The red and blue dancers are also notable for representing the Crips and Bloods, two infamous street gangs. The dance in Not Like Us is the Crip Walk. I recommend researching more on your own time about them, but just know they are a large part of the stereotype of Black people being "ghetto."

TOO LOUD, TOO RECKLESS, TOO GHETTO. Do you really know how to play the game? - This is exactly what Black people, especially Black men, get told all the time. It's why we change our names on resumes if they sound "too Black." It's why we codeswitch in non-Black company. This is especially rich considering how non-Black people love our culture and love to make money off of us, as the latter part of the quote points to. And it's even more profound during the Super Bowl-- the NFL is majority Black players.

STREET LIGHT A CAPELLA -- "thug" stereotype dancers to counteract the a capella connotations, with Uncle Sam then saying that Kendrick figured out "bringing other street guys around being a culture cheat code." Yes, this is a direct hit at Drake (listen to "Not Like Us") but also politically. Look up "model minority". Notably I would point to Candace Owens, or the Miami Venezuelan political group that's been in the news recently, especially as this directly led to Kendrick being surrounded by...

DANCERS IN WHITE -- it's white America. That's... that's the allegory.

NOT LIKE US TEASER -- Kendrick says "Not Like Us" is "their favorite song." -> he means white people specifically here. It comes after he's surrounded by all white dancers, the women around him who are his call and response are also in white (my opinion, they represent the industry). He's saying "Not Like Us" is the favorite of yts because it is about BLACK MEN FIGHTING. This again is reflected in the video game stage and ringleader Uncle Sam.

SZA -- instead of giving what they want, we see SZA. She's one of Drake's exes and Kendrick has always supported her.

ALL THE STARS -- This was in the first Black Panther movie, which I recommend you watch. Rest in Power Chadwick. Notably, this movie was incredibly mainstream as a major Marvel movie, and then we have Uncle Sam say...

"THAT'S WHAT AMERICA WANTS: NICE AND CALM. DON'T MESS THIS UP" -- translation: Marvel (the industry, America, etc.) wanted a safe, semi-pop song because white American likes safe pop songs, not Kendrick's usual heavy rap style about his life as a Black man! Don't mess up what you've got going mainstream for having this "Black rap feud" with Drake, who is an R&B model minority to white people because he's safe.

So what does Kendrick say?

IT'S A CULTURAL DIVIDE / IMMA GET IT ON THE FLOOR -- He was warned not to be political or apologetically Black for this Super Bowl performance, but he is using this big stage opportunity to speak out.

40 ACRES AND A MULE / THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE MUSIC -- 40 acres and a mule are what the freed slaves were promised. Instead, this land went to white sharecroppers. Research Jim Crow laws.

THEY TRIED TO RIG THE GAME / BUT YOU CAN'T FAKE INFLUENCE -- rig the election, rig the industry like with model minority Drake, rig the Great American Game with culture war to distract from active class warfare.

NOT LIKE US -- the only thing I'll mention because it made me holler is Serena Williams crip walking on Drake's metaphorical grave. She's another one of his exes (read: Drake harassed the hell out of her). *Edit: she was also fined at the 2012 Olympics for crip walking in celebration at Wimbledon.

TURN THE TV OFF -- exactly like he said! The TV is a distraction, the Super Bowl is a distraction, the mainstream news is often a distraction. Turn it off and get with your people!

GAME OVER — could not see this on my stream but at the end of the performance, the lights in the stadium spelled this out. The world is watching, America…

In conclusion, Kendrick Lamar is a visionary and thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[rorygilmre]

via NYPost: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to launch a “big f–king operation” across sanctuary cities — including Chicago and New York — immediately after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, multiple sources told The Post.

Starting Jan. 21, multi-day “ground operations” will be launched across cities that have served as safe havens for migrants because the local authorities do not cooperate with the federal government when it comes to immigration issues, sources said.

[theconcealedweapon]

[animentality]

[devils-yui]

Reposting this from a friend bc I think it is VERY important to know of this, and for immigrants, and other possible victims of the ICE Raids happening right now

Here’s to also a very huge edit, from the list of very helpful people who have been reblogging and providing more info.

I’m not as well informed but I will be relaying the information and tagging each person who added onto this post:

@onthedriftinthetardis -

The phone number in the first photo is ONLY for Orange County, California!

Look up your local ACLU affiliate here

@6feetunderwater -

It always makes me nervous to see a reporting phone number passed around without any links to verify it, so the number in the first pic can be found on the site for the Orange County Rapid Response Network, which is "an interconnected system of non-profit and grassroots organizations, civil rights attorneys, law school clinics, and individuals working together to respond to dehumanizing immigration enforcement activities and policies in Orange County"

@geekerypeekery -

The second warrant is not fake, but is an administrative rather than judicial warrant, and has no constitutional authority to bypass Fourth Amendment protections - in other words, it does not entitle the bearer to enter and search your home. It simply authorizes agents of the issuing department to contact you. Always ask to see the warrant before opening your door!

In addition to the ACLU links, try contacting the National Immigration Law Center https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warrants-Subpoenas-Facts.pdf

@american-anger -

The phone number listed here is specific to Orange County in California, but you can look up other California counties here:

CALIFORNIA RAPID RESPONSE NETWORKS

@beaniebaneenie -

Unpleasant reminder: within 100 miles of the border (which is home to 200 million people and virtually all major cities in the US), ICE does not need a warrant to enter your home, your car, to search anything, or even to arrest you.

You are not automatically safe just because they don't have a real warrant.

The best and safest thing you can do is learn to have escape routes- quick ways to get out of the house or area you're in if you find out ICE or CBP are around. Those of us who do have documentation? Time for us to step the fuck up.

Film any interaction. Every interaction. If you're able, step into the conversation and be a Karen/Kyle- weaponize your privilege for Good. If you get asked about people? Use positive but vague statements so you a) cannot be caught in a lie, and b) do not give any information away.

"I don't know them that well, but I don't tend to socialize much. They seem great to me."

"I can't remember the last time I saw them."

"Maybe they speak another language, I can't remember details. But I picked up Duolingo during the pandemic and tons of other people did too."

"I'm not sure."

"I'm sorry, I can't help you."

Even if you're somewhere the 100-mile Exception doesn't apply and a warrant is in fact needed? I don't expect ICE and CBP to play by the rules for long, if at all. I fully expect this to get ugly, and fast.

Cheeto has already declared an emergency of national security at the border, and is mobilizing the military to have jurisdiction over a huge swath of the country. It's essentially tantamount to martial law. And it's only been four days.

Gear up for a long, hard fight. This is gonna be a marathon, not a sprint.

— I am leaving all of this as an edit because on the off chance someone does find the posts that have these people specifically reblogging, I don’t want it to be too late. So I’m comprising it all here

Here are a few other people’s reblogs I thought were important:

Thank you @onthedriftinthetardis @6feetunderwater @geekerypeekery @american-anger @beaniebaneenie @bunnychiffon @dubiouslynamed @trisockatops @witchy-disaster for contributing and helping me make this a more well-informed post. Thank you so much

[wildernezz]

hey chat did you guys know there's a whole website with informational videos on the rights you hold when interacting with ICE or witnessing interactions with ICE. all written by immigrants and for immigrants. idk man it'd be a shame if people watched these informational videos y'know.

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

Native Americans are being targeted by ICE agents.

Native. Americans. Y’know, the people who were here before all the white people.

[npzlawyersforimmigration]

CBP’s Digital Search Authority at U.S. Borders: What Travelers Need to Know

The recent detention and removal of a French scientist at a U.S. airport over private text messages has reignited concerns about Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers’ authority to search electronic devices at ports of entry. This incident highlights an important reality: CBP has broad discretion to inspect laptops, smartphones, and other digital devices—sometimes with severe consequences for visa holders, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), and even U.S. citizens.

Understanding your rights and risks when traveling internationally is crucial. Here’s what you need to know about CBP’s digital search policies, potential consequences, and how to protect your data when crossing the U.S. border.

CBP’s Legal Authority Over Digital Device Searches

CBP’s ability to search, seize, and analyze digital devices stems from longstanding border search exceptions to the Fourth Amendment, which grants officers broad discretion at ports of entry. Under U.S. law, CBP has authority to:

Question travelers to determine admissibility (8 U.S.C. § 1357).

Search belongings—including digital devices—without a warrant (19 U.S.C. § 1581).

Copy, retain, and inspect electronic data for further review.

Types of CBP Digital Searches

CBP policies distinguish between two levels of device searches:

Basic Search – Officers may manually inspect device content (e.g., scrolling through texts, emails, and photos). No suspicion required.

Advanced Search – Officers use forensic tools to extract data, including deleted files or cloud-linked content. Requires reasonable suspicion or a national security concern.

Key Concern: The "reasonable suspicion" standard is vague, and travelers have limited recourse if their personal messages are misinterpreted or taken out of context.

Who is Most at Risk for CBP Digital Searches?

While any traveler may have their device searched, certain individuals face higher scrutiny:

Visa Holders – Tourists, students, and work visa holders (H-1B, O-1, L-1) may be questioned about their intent, employment, or past travel.

Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card Holders) – While LPRs have greater constitutional protections, they may still face secondary inspection.

Business Travelers & Academics – Professionals carrying sensitive business documents, research data, or work-related communications could be at risk.

Individuals with Prior CBP Issues – Travelers flagged for previous visa overstays, secondary inspections, or border refusals may be subject to enhanced scrutiny.

Even U.S. citizens are not exempt—while they cannot be denied entry, they may experience delays, device seizures, or increased questioning.

Key Takeaways for Travelers: What You Should Know

1. CBP Can Search Any Digital Device Without a Warrant

Phones, laptops, tablets, external drives, and even cloud-accessed files may be reviewed.

Basic searches do not require any suspicion; advanced searches require "reasonable suspicion", which can be broadly interpreted.

2. Refusing to Unlock a Device May Lead to Serious Consequences

For visa holders – Refusal can lead to denial of entry or visa revocation.

For lawful permanent residents – This could result in delays, device seizure, or further investigation.

For U.S. citizens – While CBP cannot deny reentry, refusal may trigger additional scrutiny and device confiscation.

3. Political or Personal Content Can Be Used Against You

While free speech is protected under the First Amendment, CBP officers can make subjective judgments about messages, affiliations, or opinions.

If a traveler is deemed a "security risk" or "inadmissible" based on digital content, they may be denied entry—even with a valid visa.

4. If You Bring It, They Can See It

Any data stored locally on your device is accessible to CBP officers.

Officers may misunderstand sarcastic messages, memes, or sensitive conversations, leading to unexpected immigration consequences.

Best Practices for Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border

While you cannot avoid CBP searches altogether, you can reduce risk by taking the following precautions:

Limit the data you travel with – Remove unnecessary files, sensitive documents, or personal messages before traveling.

Back up important data elsewhere – Store critical information on secure cloud platforms instead of carrying it on your device.

Use secondary devices if needed – Some frequent travelers use "clean devices" with minimal personal data for border crossings.

Turn off cloud syncing before travel – This prevents CBP officers from accessing data that isn’t stored locally on your device.

Know your rights, but be cooperative – You can politely refuse to provide social media passwords but refusing to unlock your device may lead to delays or further action.

Important: While encrypting data and using strong passwords can add security, refusing to comply with CBP may still result in device confiscation or secondary screening.

Final Thoughts: Digital Awareness is Critical for All Travelers

The French scientist’s removal from the U.S. over private political messages underscores the real consequences of CBP’s broad digital search powers. While this case may seem extreme, it aligns with CBP’s well-established authority under U.S. law.

Key Takeaways for Visa Holders, LPRs, and Travelers:

Understand that CBP has the legal authority to search your devices at the border.

Be mindful of the data you bring, as anything on your device can be examined.

If you refuse to comply, be prepared for consequences such as device seizure or entry denial.

Before traveling, assess whether your digital content aligns with your immigration status and intent.

In an era of increased digital scrutiny, awareness and preparation are essential—not just for noncitizens and visa holders, but for all international travelers entering the U.S.

How NPZ Law Group Can Assist

If you have questions about your rights at the U.S. border, digital privacy concerns, or immigration issues, our attorneys at NPZ Law Group can provide guidance and legal support. We assist with:

Travel advisories and pre-departure risk assessments.

Handling CBP inspection issues, refusals, and visa complications.

Protecting lawful permanent residents from wrongful status abandonment claims.

Advising businesses on employee travel risks and digital security.

Contact NPZ Law Group today to discuss your travel and immigration concerns before your next trip to the U.S.

Contact Information

If you or your family members have any questions about how immigration and nationality laws in the United States may affect you, or if you want to access additional information about immigration and nationality laws in the United States or Canada, please do not hesitate to contact the immigration and nationality lawyers at NPZ Law Group. You can reach us by emailing info@visaserve.com or by calling us at 201-670-0006 extension 104. We also invite you to visit our website at www.visaserve.com for more information.

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