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Doreen

(11,686 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:20 PM Feb 2017

Resolution for OMFG!!! whos german boyfriend got called by ICE.

Thank you everybody for talking to me. He had gotten himself an immigration lawyer. They tried to do things like say he worked illegally when he was 16 but he had a work permit and he was also a citizen by then. They also tried to say he illegally worked when he was here when he was 13 but the problem was he was only traveling with a church choir from Germany and he was not getting paid for it. They also tried to say he had a felony which when they did real research he did not have one. They tried to pin stuff on him that if they had done real research they would have realized bringing him in was a waste of everybody's time. Once again thank you all for talking to me.

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Resolution for OMFG!!! whos german boyfriend got called by ICE. (Original Post) Doreen Feb 2017 OP
This is really really fucked up. So anyone without a lawyer is just screwed. I hope TrekLuver Feb 2017 #1
Thank you for the update. Big Blue Marble Feb 2017 #2
He is a major protester and I mean to the extent where he Doreen Feb 2017 #6
I hope this won't deter him from still protesting! manicraven Feb 2017 #8
I must say it this way. Doreen Feb 2017 #11
Awesome! So happy to hear that they didn't trample on his courage! manicraven Feb 2017 #13
Thanks, Big Blue Marble Feb 2017 #16
The organization he works with is enough for getting Doreen Feb 2017 #19
Have they let him go? Are they leaving him alone now? Jesus. This is awful. Squinch Feb 2017 #3
Yes, they let him go and could not find proof for their stupid claims. Doreen Feb 2017 #7
I'm glad. What an awful experience for you. Squinch Feb 2017 #10
Yeah, I was freaking. Doreen Feb 2017 #12
How did they find him or seek him out, or is this the new normal for all dual citizens? NotThisTime Feb 2017 #14
The organization he works for is very heavily into Doreen Feb 2017 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author madaboutharry Feb 2017 #4
Everything is good now. Doreen Feb 2017 #9
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #5
Sounds good leanforward Feb 2017 #15
Why did he talk with them at all? NutmegYankee Feb 2017 #17
They were trying to say he had done things Doreen Feb 2017 #20
And he's from Germany! Like the Drumpfs! tenorly Feb 2017 #21
Born a raised in Germany until he was 14 then he came to the U.S. Doreen Feb 2017 #23
I hope this serves as a cautionary tale for those who think "only Arabs will be affected" tenorly Feb 2017 #32
As you notice as soon as the Muslim ban failed he Doreen Feb 2017 #33
This man has zero respect for the First Amendment. tenorly Feb 2017 #34
ICE are Gestapo wannabes who weren't smart enough to work for the FBI nt geek tragedy Feb 2017 #22
Funny. Doreen Feb 2017 #24
Thank you for posting! Hulk Feb 2017 #28
Great to hear. progressoid Feb 2017 #25
Very disturbing. Doreen Feb 2017 #26
Border Patrol and Immigration agents can be Class A assholes.... Hulk Feb 2017 #27
It's Terrific That He Was Not Harassed More Than He Was Leith Feb 2017 #29
I will tell him that ( about the greate audience. ) Doreen Feb 2017 #30
One more possible avenue for help Retrograde Feb 2017 #31
 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
1. This is really really fucked up. So anyone without a lawyer is just screwed. I hope
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:31 PM
Feb 2017

this Trashbag has a stroke...he needs to be stopped.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
6. He is a major protester and I mean to the extent where he
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:37 PM
Feb 2017

organizes them. I am not talking organizing a few people but a large crowd.

Big Blue Marble

(5,081 posts)
16. Thanks,
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:51 PM
Feb 2017

that was my fear. He should go to the major news outlets and tell his story.
Even better hopefully he will go to his congress person or if he can not trust
his rep. then go to a democratic representative.

This story needs to get out. It will be happening to others. The great
intimidation is beginning. None of us are immune.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
3. Have they let him go? Are they leaving him alone now? Jesus. This is awful.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:32 PM
Feb 2017

And this is being done to a US citizen!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
7. Yes, they let him go and could not find proof for their stupid claims.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:38 PM
Feb 2017

They have to leave him alone.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
18. The organization he works for is very heavily into
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:56 PM
Feb 2017

protesting and he had spent the weekend in jail a couple of weekends ago. His name is kind of on a list.

Response to Doreen (Original post)

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
20. They were trying to say he had done things
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 10:00 PM
Feb 2017

wrong before he got his citizenship at 15 years old and try to say he had a felony which he most certainly does not. He enjoyed watching them work and prove to themselves that they were wrong.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
23. Born a raised in Germany until he was 14 then he came to the U.S.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:07 PM
Feb 2017

His father was American military. No middle Eastern descent.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
32. I hope this serves as a cautionary tale for those who think "only Arabs will be affected"
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:42 AM
Feb 2017

What happened was egregious - straight out of a third world autocracy.

Thank goodness everything turned out ok for him in the end; if Republican minds are finally changed about this policy, his experience will surely have a lot to do with that.

All the Best, Doreen.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
33. As you notice as soon as the Muslim ban failed he
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:57 AM
Feb 2017

went very hard and fast on mostly the Mexican population but obviously others also. Thank you.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
28. Thank you for posting!
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:02 AM
Feb 2017

You expressed it better than I can. "Gestapo wannabes" is a perfect description. Watch them at the Houston Airport. I've had numerous experiences with having to smile and politely respond to their insulting questions and their insinuations of wrong doing nearly every time I've crossed the Mexican border...and that's been dozens of time. I can count on it.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
27. Border Patrol and Immigration agents can be Class A assholes....
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:59 PM
Feb 2017

I've bitched about this plenty on these threads, but once again, I've had NUMEROUS experiences with Border Patrol and ICE agents proudly acting like Nazi's. They might hit it right once in a rare while, but they insult the people they deal with on a regular basis; and my wife and I have had several experiences with these ass holes. I have ZERO respect for any of them, as MOST of the ones I've dealt with have been Class A ass holes from start to finish. It's as though someone gave them a membership card to the Nazi Party.

Not exaggerating here at all. Even my elderly mother-in-law was pulled aside at Houston Airport and made to wait ALONE in their office for over an hour to drill her with needless, stupid questions that were already dealt with at the immigration window. Nazis....ALL of them!

Leith

(7,809 posts)
29. It's Terrific That He Was Not Harassed More Than He Was
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:04 AM
Feb 2017

And it sounds like they decided to pick on the wrong person. How stupid does ICE have to be to go after an innocent and politically savvy & active citizen?

His story needs a greater audience than just us here.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
31. One more possible avenue for help
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:08 AM
Feb 2017

Contact your representatives in Congress! As an American citizen, he deserves to have them on his side - and they can do things like have an aide contact ICE with some pointed questions.

Glad things worked out for him.

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