• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges. The man was released after his case received widespread coverage.

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      14 days ago

      Mark my words, these types of things are about to become increasingly more common at a rapid rate.

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        13 days ago

        The cases we hear about? Sure. The others… who knows how many cases happened without media attention for each ones that gets some attention.

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    13 days ago

    The point is not to keep us safe from criminals but to remind us that no one is safe from Trump’s carnage

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    13 days ago

    I hope he fucking sues the FUCK out of the county for wrongful imprisonment.

    PLEASE let this man get a pay out!