Stefan EissingFeb 10

Do not travel to the USofA, part XXXIV:

- doing everything right is not enough
- white skin does not protect you
- detention may mean a cell shared with 70 people, fighting over food, without medical supplies
- your signature will get forged if you refuse
- judge orders for release on bail are ignored

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/irish-man-seamus-culleton-ice-detention

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months

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

The Guardian
Show threadRiley S. FaelanFeb 10
@icing Hey, in the nineteenth century, there were a number of Racy Theorists in North America who argued that the Irish weren't truly hwite, sometimes on the basis of Catholicism.
Show threadTor Iver Wilhelmsen
@riley @icing Yes, people forget that the new Klan that arose in the early 20th century also hated Catholics and Jews, not just colored people. They wanted a land of white Protestants.
Feb 10 at 10:16amWeb