Seamus Culleton has lived in US for two decades, married a citizen and runs a plastering business but faces deportation

how nuts is this? It’s a scary thought to visit the USA nowadays

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Prior to 2025 getting deported on a work visa wasn’t really a fear. Most people on visas arrived before last year’s election. Then, people were coming to this shit hole because there were work opportunities for them.

      • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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        1 month ago

        I can’t speak for the person you’re responding to, but I can say that if I was out of the country I would not go to the US for most reasons people travel. I have family in red states, and I have just decided not to visit them or go to family events there. They don’t even agree with the state government, but moved there because it was fiscally convenient, they were not personally affected by the laws, and they don’t mind being surrounded by people that agree with those policies. At a certain point we all have to make our own choices, and I would rather not spend money in a red state. If people come for life saving treatment, or they would lose their income otherwise, I can see how they would make that decision, but I seriously question anyone coming for things not related to life and limb.

        People should boycott the US whenever possible at this point. We were always bad, but we’re out and out fascist at this point. I wouldn’t visit Germany during the rise of Hitler, so I don’t know why I’d make excuses for the US. I don’t think it’s about thinking you personally will get deported, it’s about solidarity and geopolitics.

          • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
            1·
            1 month ago

            I think people do recognize what the underlying issue is, but it’s hard to organize against “racism” or “capitalism” or anything else for that matter. Sure, you can march, but in reality if you march and then go back to your normal life having changed nothing, you will likely change nothing. Target for example had a drop in sales due to boycotts, and plenty of border towns are being hit by a drop in tourism.

            If you want ire directed at the people telling the story, then it needs to be directed at capital. That’s what boycotts do. Sure, you can’t stop everyone from traveling, but if you have a friend wanting to see Yellowstone and they see social pressure to not travel to the US, maybe they’ll wait. If enough people do that then the tourism industry suffers and the surrounding industries as well. I do not want people to financially struggle, but unfortunately if no one changes their behavior then the world continues to get worse. I’m seeing that the EU is investing in EU tech infrastructure and that’s amazing. That’s what I want to see. Divest from the US so that other countries are not so able to be affected by US pressure.

      • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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        30 days ago

        My brain has trouble comprehending how big the world population is. For instance, I have trouble wrapping my head around how there are enough people to fill all the professional sports teams