Especially, whem taking into the account of a possible change of regime in their new country that coulds result in deportation back to their former country. Is this a common fear?
I was born in Mainland China, and I immigrated to the USA as a child, and I have Derivative US Citizenship.
Now the US’s own Autocratization is bringing up a lot of fears.
For one, of couse I could end up in a concentration camp, similar to what happened to Japanese Americans during WW2.
But also, I could lose citizenship due to the current administration’s hostility and xenophobia, and end up getting deported.
And I fucking despise the CCP, since they fucking tried to kill me before I was even born (long story short: One Child Policy; I was the second child, they tried to locate my mother when she had the second pregnancy, they didn’t find her so here I am). I have talked so much shit about the CCP while in the US, IRL and online, if the CCP has a competent intelligence agency (which they do), then they already know that I’m a dissident and my life would be miserable if I get deported to China.
So there is few possibilities, if I lose citizenship status.
I could end up stateless. Which is terrible.
I could end up in China. Which is absolutely horrifying.
Or I could end up in Guantanamo, or some other country trump has negotiated with to take deportees, which is just… fucking the worse possible timeline.
I mean, just look at recent news. Anyone deemed “pro-hamas” would get deported.
Honestly, these thoughts is why I have never really attended a protest in the US. I know Lemmy would call me a coward, and I probably am a coward. But I just never feel safe anywhere. You know the saying “when in rome, do as roman do”. So yea, I just never feel like I’m really I can speak out against the injustice in the US, I know the “First Amendment” and all that, but doesn’t mean much when the president actively disrespects the constitution.
I don’t even know if shitposting on Lemmy is safe either, but hopefully this is not on the US government’s top of the list.
So yea, the autocrats won. They’ve already made me too scared to dissent (other than online shitposts that will do absolutely nothing).
(I don’t meet any eligibility to immigrate to the EU, so not an option either)
I haven’t emigrated yet, but every time I leave my country by travelling, I feel terrified that somehow I’m being watched or someone will report on me. So I stay on my best behavior, and not break any religious laws.
Honestly, even if I leave (which I’m planning to) I don’t think I can ever feel or be safe. The gulf monarchies have boundless reach, and are practically omnipotent.
Maybe it’s just paranoia, maybe they’re not keeping a close eye on me. But I’m still afraid of messing up and losing my life.
They could assassinate you on foreign soil, and they have (Khashoggi comes to mind, any others I should be aware of?)
But how common is it unless you’re a major regime critic?
Sadly yes.
It’s actually worse than assassination for dissidents inside the country, it’s flat out public beheading.
But how common is it unless you’re a major regime critic?
Still common. Happened to someone i am vaguely related to, they tweeted to their [less than 10 followers] just criticism of the monarchy, and “disappeared”. Nobody ever saw them again. Later i saw a news article, of someone being executed and fitting their exact description. Fuck my life.
All they need is your real name and your comments, and it’s over.
Another Arab here! The Saudi wahabi regime is the worst thing to happen to the middle east. Almost all events happening here always ends up going back to western interference, even the rise of ahl saud leading to the creation of Saudi Arabia.
Edit: some added links for anyone willing to take a dive down that rabbit hole
Absolutely. The british and french are absolutely to blame. They destroyed the entire middle east, and made us all suffer for their own convenience. Also, the Sykes-picot agreement.
(now there are four other arabs than me that i know on lemmy :DDD)
You’d better not be sending me down a labyrinthian rabbit-hole. I’m sure just one article about the Sykes-Picot Agreement can’t hurt…
People have gotten bored of me in the past for how frequently I bring up Sykes-Picot lol
Everyone says “We get it! It happened! Get over it!” But it’s hard to get over it when it’s still being felt to this day
The fact that someone else is bringing it up this time makes me feel REAL GOOD
Yes, especially China, they have “secret police stations” around the world, lot in Canada, where they track and harass Chinese citizens who have immigrated to Canada. It is well documented.
In some ways yeah. My country pivoted from semi-dictatorship to dictatorship to democracy to democracy and finally back to dictatorship. I was born under a dictatorship and for the first 21 years of my life, there was only one president, a crazy murderous dictator.
I just emigrated to the US so it’s crazy seeing the same stuff I run from all over again. My county’s president is aligned with the current US right wing policies, so yeah, though minute, I’m a legit target, so I do not talk about my country’s politics or government.
Sorry i don’t have much to add, but if i had to guess, that country is egypt?
No. But I would never ever openly admit to my country of origin anywhere.
I see thanks. I assumed so since egypt followed a very similar timeline to you described (even the 21y reign of a murderous dictator lol)
I’m right there with you.
my parents came to USA before i was born and i was born here. i don’t know how cheetoh face would do it, but i have no doubt it would try its best to kick you and i both out, even if it’s obviously illegal.
unlike some others in the thread, i don’t think this is a trivial worry. I’ve also been silent on certain issues out if concern for my loved ones being targeted for surveillance or worse. i respect you for posting about this. I’m afraid too.
keep talking to trusted friends and take care of your mental health! touch grass, drink water, get the best quality of sleep you can.
Canada clamped down on immigration several years ago, so that option seems, mostly difficult at best if at all. Not sure about Australia, England, and NZ either.
By the time the world allows those who want to leave the hellscape for elsewhere, it’s almost certainly going to be too late and much worse off :(.
I feel so scared and paranoid, and I’ve never been this scared and paranoid for just existing where I’ve lived my entire life. And yet I’ve already blocked dozens of news feeds and whatnot, and it still doesn’t go away with more slop that gets through the ever growing cracks. Can’t hardly focus or do a thing at all.
regardless of where you’re from originally, you probably SHOULD be worried about what’s going on in the states right now. it’s for real.
Maybe it’s crazy behavior, but 1.) I’ve had similar thoughts for various reasons relating to my past and 2.) it has made me feel better: I came up with a little emergency plan. If shit hits the fan, I’m rounding up the kids and dogs and getting to X location as quickly/cautiously as possible, after which I will take steps Y, Z, etc…
Hopefully it stays crazy thinking. And if it doesn’t, hopefully it’s not just an asinine and unrealistic thought that proves impossible. But it makes me feel a little better to have thought about what I would actually do, if it came down to it. And what might it look like to prompt such a decision on my part.
I think 'n also interesting question is: do they still feel the influence of the indoctrination of their previous country?
Of course it is, sometimes authoritarian governments track you down and murder you with an ice ax in Mexico City.
not unless their new country suddenly becomes an ally to it i would guess
Hmmm idk, US seems friendly to Russia, not sure what that means about Chineae Dissidents in the US…
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