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An Actual Immigrant. We Matter.
@shinery.bsky.social
Undocumented for 20 years. Cis, she/her. 145 weeks sober. Unite Ireland. Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. Immigrants deserve rights. Republican, not in the American way. If you have to ask, Google it. My President is better than yours.
Pinned
This photo will be shown in history books as an example of deep and unabiding cruelty. You can't reform this.
This time last year, I was crying constantly because I was undocumented and scared.

This year, I just logged into an airline's official website and downloaded my very own digital boarding pass.

Wild.
February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Sometimes the best thing you can say when you see a video of someone who annoys the fuck out of you is nothing.
a boy is sitting at a desk using a laptop computer with stickers on it
Alt: a boy is sitting at a desk using a laptop computer with stickers on it
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Púca's vet appointment is in 4 hours.

My fear is that his swollen lymph nodes are pressing into his trachea and making it harder for him to breathe. If that's the case, I know what she'll suggest even though he's otherwise full of life and happiness.

I'm freaking the fuck out.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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video sent to me from the hennepin county government center this morning of hennepin county sheriff deputies standing by as plainclothes federal agents detain two people

agents have been hanging out in the lobby for days now
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Literally nobody should be deported. It is not a policy that makes sense from a law and order† standpoint or a humanitarian standpoint it only makes sense if it's trying to further an agenda of a white ethnostate.

†: (*makes jerk off motion*)
I fucking knew it! Walz sold us out! Somebody tell that guy that appeasement never works.

He capitulated to the federal government about our sanctuary policy in exchange for a reduction in ice that still 20 times over baseline

www.startribune.com/mn-ice-drawd...
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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You should teach the voters that they were wrong to fail the leftist 'purity test' of not liking to see thousands of kids being butchered or starved to death
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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“The Homeland Security Department has argued that undocumented immigrants ‘aren’t entitled’ to the same constitutional warrant protections that U.S. citizens are.”
What Restrictions Are Democrats Demanding for Immigration Agents?
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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You guys going to do anything about this or just post crap like this response

bsky.app/profile/smeg...
Shouldn't have been here
February 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Urgent needs

•Food
•Gas for my car
•Paying my phone bill
•A hotel in Hartford for my Spravato appointment
•An Uber to and from my Spravato appointment

CA, Venmo- ladyasterianox

Any thing helps!
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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It’s called socialism and it doesn’t have billionaires or capitalists at all because they are unnecessary and inhibit societies advancement at this point
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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'purity testing' is liberal-speak for 'principled'.
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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"She described sleeping without a pillow and said detainees could leave their cells for only two hours per day to shower and use the phone. Within the first month of her detention, she said she lost about 15 pounds. The Mayo Clinic recommends healthy women gain from 25 to 35 pounds during pregnancy"
A pregnant asylum seeker is free, but says ICE detention upended her life - The Nevada Independent
Shortly after The Nevada Independent published an article in late January about her detention, Emine was released from ICE detention. Her conversation with The Indy provides a snapshot of what immigra...
thenevadaindependent.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Anyways, report @normalisland.co.uk for literally just posting Nazi shit repeatedly

(Goyim means gentile. That’s all it means. Yes it’s often used derogatorily by Jews but not always. And Nazis have a fixation with calling themselves goyim, and especially when Jews say it at all)
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
"we" aren't letting shit all happen.

I'm not letting an 18 year old talk to me like this.
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I was undocumented this time a year ago.

I'm now planning a playlist to listen to during my 2nd round trip flight in 6 months, and deciding which clothes to pack for a state that isn't 2⁰F.
a baby wearing headphones is riding in a shopping cart
Alt: a baby wearing headphones is riding in a shopping cart
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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I don't have enough money for

•Food
•Gas for my car
•Paying my phone bill
•A hotel in Hartford for my Spravato appointment
•My car loan payment

There is more, but these are the most important ones.

CA, Venmo- ladyasterianox

Any thing helps!
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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I've been reporting this post for over a month and you guys still leave it up.

Welcoming? Give me a break.
bsky.app/profile/smeg...
Shouldn't have been here
January 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Me: I have digestive issues because of my shots, can you let me know when you need to use the bathroom instead of just going in case I need to as well? Thanks.

Him: sure!

Him, 15 minutes later: I need to use the bathroom. IS THAT OK WITH YOU?
a man in a suit sits in a chair with the words what 's your problem mate
Alt: a man in a suit sits in a chair with the words what 's your problem mate
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Oh my goddddd.
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Just some of the instructions for ONE WEEKEND AWAY.
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
My patch from @asisherright.bsky.social arrived!

Do I dare pin it to my bag before traveling this week. 🙂‍↕️
February 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Some of us voted for her while criticizing her, and they hate us for that too. God forbid you actually want your elected officials to be better. Best we can do is fascist-adjacent neoliberalism.
February 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Deeply unsurprised that Mr "expressions of sadness in your online diary are so personally annoying to me that it's destroying civilization" is getting traction while people who actually have cogent points are ignored.
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM