Man, I really hope it does. Consider me back on the Trump train if so.
https://www.vox.com/2019/10/9/20903541/trump-proclamation-legal-immigration-health-insurance
https://www.vox.com/2019/10/9/20903541/trump-proclamation-legal-immigration-health-insurance
Vox
A federal court just blocked Trump’s attempt to quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65%
The policy would have made the goals of immigration restrictionists a reality.
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While opening a new personal bank account today, the bank employee told me that there was a problem. She explained that I was on an OFAC watchlist. I looked up OFAC—it’s a govt agency that goes after terrorist groups.
Ten minutes later, she told me that it was an error.
OFAC appears to target foreign entities, and its list is public, so there was never any real chance that I was on there.
Regardless, that was a very, uh, interesting ten minutes.
Ten minutes later, she told me that it was an error.
OFAC appears to target foreign entities, and its list is public, so there was never any real chance that I was on there.
Regardless, that was a very, uh, interesting ten minutes.
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I haven’t done anything illegal, let alone been charged with anything, but the DHS now views lawful identitarians as a threat to national security. So it’s not too far-fetched to consider a future in which those with the “wrong” opinions are denied access to the banking system.
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These people would genocide us in a heartbeat if they had the chance lmao
https://twitter.com/mainepenceanime/status/1182494289131163649?s=21
https://twitter.com/mainepenceanime/status/1182494289131163649?s=21
Twitter
Massachusetts16-A1
"What do you get when you cross a black trans woman with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash? YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE!" https://t.co/gBUj1gLsDT
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It was an unbelievably successful troll—so successful the White House had to clarify that I attended a public tour, and wasn’t invited.
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This has so far been the largest media appearance I’ve done. Close to five million people watched it. The editing, ominous music etc. were clearly intended to arouse fear in the audience; but stripped of the editing, what I had to say was something that resonates with most Trump supporters.
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This interview was released over a year ago. How time flies when you’re having fun (being an underpaid dissident assailed from all sides).
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I still haven’t seen anything from NHK and Univision. Both video interviews were supposed to have aired by now.
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I’ll have to email the journalists. I always ask them to send me the pieces once they’re complete, but they never do. The gall!
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Listen to the crowd’s reaction when Trump says Somalia. These aren’t people concerned about illegal immigration—they’re upset with the fact that culturally-incompatible third worlders are being dumped into their towns.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1182476234036580352?s=21
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1182476234036580352?s=21
Twitter
Aaron Rupar
Trump vows to crack down on Somali refugees in a city with one of the largest Somali populations in the country https://t.co/xXM3pffCef
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To his credit, Trump has drastically slashed refugee admissions to 18,000. Additionally, he has allowed state and local governments to refuse refugees entirely, which rules.
https://cis.org/Rush/Trump-Administrations-Long-Overdue-Revision-Refugee-Resettlement-Program
https://cis.org/Rush/Trump-Administrations-Long-Overdue-Revision-Refugee-Resettlement-Program
CIS.org
The Trump Administration's Long Overdue Revision of the Refugee Resettlement Program | @CIS_org
The Trump administration announced last week a number of measures to be implemented to the refugee resettlement program in FY 2020, which starts tomorrow.
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Update: Yesterday, I was told that the bank account issue was cleared up. Today, they told me that I couldn’t open an account after all.
The banker with whom I spoke was perplexed—she’s never encountered something like this before.
To find out why, I have to mail a request to their PO Box.
So while I’m not on the OFAC list, which, again, is public and reserved for foreign terrorists, there’s a possibility that some government agency has instructed banks to deny me service.
I’m headed to another bank now to try to open an account.
The banker with whom I spoke was perplexed—she’s never encountered something like this before.
To find out why, I have to mail a request to their PO Box.
So while I’m not on the OFAC list, which, again, is public and reserved for foreign terrorists, there’s a possibility that some government agency has instructed banks to deny me service.
I’m headed to another bank now to try to open an account.
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Alright, I was able to open up an account at another bank. Still, the first bank’s response is incredibly suspect, particularly given that they wouldn’t tell the banker why they chose to deny me a personal account. I’m sending out the request today, so we’ll see what they say.
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The US government maintains watchlists of known or suspected terrorists (KSTs). The criteria for KST determination is vague; by the government’s own admission, concrete facts are unnecessary for an individual to earn such a designation. In 2013, nearly 500,000 people were nominated as KSTs, with only 1% being rejected.
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