Until now this would have been a stupid question - this is my home. But we’re in a strange timeline. My background is I was born in the UK, met first husband, married, got green card, that went tits up, divorced, met husband 2, found forever love, married, naturalized in 2021. Have my passport and everything.

It’s my dad’s birthday, and he lives in the UK. I want to go back and celebrate, but I’m nervous about reentry into the US. I naturalized during the Biden presidency, and I am a Democrat, I feel nervous that I have a target on my back. I have a home and pets here. Am I ridiculous for worrying or should I be cautious about leaving right now?

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    7 days ago

    I think it really depends on how white you are. I’m 192cm tall, born in California, white as fuck with blue eyes, so I think that I’m pretty safe. However, I’ve cautioned my sister who was born on Java that she really has to take precautions. She’s lived here and been naturalized since she was 1 years old, but even so, she’s got brown skin, so she’s a target for this RACIST AS FUCK government.

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      6 days ago

      Oh don’t worry. They’ll come for you soon.

      They’ve already gotten away with kicking people out to a south american torture prison.

      And they are actively and openly working on how to strip citizenship from people, so they can disappear anyone to the south american torture prison.

      So you are not safe. You just have lots of brown and hispanic people infront of you to take the initial bullets.

      Which is why we all need to be stopping this shit now, because we all know how the poem ends.