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Wife of former Marine to be deported to Mexico Friday, after 20 years in U.S. (2018) (www.cbsnews.com)
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Temo didn't figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Mr. Trump's "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigrants.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 189 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Alejandra ultimately decided to "self-deport" to Mexico, rather than turn herself in to be detained and then deported. After 20 years in the United States, she no longer has family or friends in the country, so she chose Merida, a city in the Yucatan where a small community of deported military spouses might help her.

Pretty pathetic that a community of deported military spouses exists there. So much for “supporting the troops”.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'd live in Merida. Its a lovely little city and nice people.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

I’m glad, hope my comment didn’t come across as disparaging it. Just sad that a spousal expat community there is even a necessity.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

And beaauuuuutiful beaches, omg.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

There's this thing in Roman history, where the Romans basically stopped being warriors and left all the fighting to men from the provinces like Gaul. Despite the Gauls being a part of the Roman Empire for centuries, and being their main fighting force and protectors, the Romans still saw them as barbarians and looked down on them. They were just as educated as Romans by this point but were still seen as others. Of course that eventually blew up in their face when those "barbarians" turned on the the Romans and chased them out of their own city.

Anyways, that's how Trump supporters view people of color in the military. They fight for them and protect them but they're still "barbarians" and they don't want them around.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 86 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This articles from 2018.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 60 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

August 3, 2018

[–] Jaderick@lemmy.world 53 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is an article from 2018 that is very likely to repeat next year

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Quite possibly with the same people.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 47 points 7 months ago

Temo didn't figure his vote for President Donald Trump would affect them personally.

Boo fucking hoo.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

In this thread... People who think this is a current article, and aren't asking why Biden is splitting up families.

Is this really something you'd approve of Biden doing?

[–] pound_heap@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The article is not current, but now it's not the first time people voted for Trump. 2018 wasn't Biden's term.

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The post title and 3 top level comments all day 2018. But some people still struggling.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was edited 2 hours after it got posted so maybe title got changed after the comments.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Oh that's fair. I thought titles couldn't be edited

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

This is the real reason biden lost. Even the people who did read the 2018 are somehow thinking biden was president then.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I think as long as the article date is in the title for old news, like this post, the relevant posts are fine.

Having historical references are pretty helpful, and hilarious.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This article is from 2018.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Who was president then?

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just wait. I’m sure there will be similar articles in 2025 you’ll be able to post.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I really hope every average Joe that voted for him gets exactly what they asked for.

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[–] joker125@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh no...

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

... anyway

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

lol idiots

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