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USArmyMedic-♿️Vet🇺🇸
GenX Native-FloridaMan
55M-32yrs Happily Married
DO NOT Obey In Advance
NeverTrump
#Indivisible
#NoKings #MutualAid
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· Nov 28
"We are not powerless." After documenting 55 instances of authoritarian overreach, that's not naive hope—it's pattern recognition. When communities organize against Christian Nationalism in schools, they WIN. When activists pressure Palantir, surveillance contracts get canceled. The tools work.
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Courts may act. Communities will organize. International pressure is mounting.
Three nations have already implemented reciprocal bans. Legal challenges are being assessed. The 180-day review approaches.
This isn't the end. It's the beginning of coordinated resistance.
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Three nations have already implemented reciprocal bans. Legal challenges are being assessed. The 180-day review approaches.
This isn't the end. It's the beginning of coordinated resistance.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Courts may act. Communities will organize. International pressure is mounting.
Three nations have already implemented reciprocal bans. Legal challenges are being assessed. The 180-day review approaches.
This isn't the end. It's the beginning of coordinated resistance.
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Three nations have already implemented reciprocal bans. Legal challenges are being assessed. The 180-day review approaches.
This isn't the end. It's the beginning of coordinated resistance.
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The mainstream media's near-total silence on the travel ban expansion isn't just a failure.
It's complicity.
When the most sweeping immigration restrictions in nearly a decade slip into effect with barely a headline, independent journalism becomes essential.
We document what others ignore.
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It's complicity.
When the most sweeping immigration restrictions in nearly a decade slip into effect with barely a headline, independent journalism becomes essential.
We document what others ignore.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The mainstream media's near-total silence on the travel ban expansion isn't just a failure.
It's complicity.
When the most sweeping immigration restrictions in nearly a decade slip into effect with barely a headline, independent journalism becomes essential.
We document what others ignore.
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It's complicity.
When the most sweeping immigration restrictions in nearly a decade slip into effect with barely a headline, independent journalism becomes essential.
We document what others ignore.
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Wisconsin is home to 70,000+ Hmong people.
Many have relatives still in Laos—people they visit for New Year celebrations, funerals, family gatherings.
With Laos now on the full suspension list, those connections face indefinite severance.
50 years of community. Torn apart by policy.
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Many have relatives still in Laos—people they visit for New Year celebrations, funerals, family gatherings.
With Laos now on the full suspension list, those connections face indefinite severance.
50 years of community. Torn apart by policy.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wisconsin is home to 70,000+ Hmong people.
Many have relatives still in Laos—people they visit for New Year celebrations, funerals, family gatherings.
With Laos now on the full suspension list, those connections face indefinite severance.
50 years of community. Torn apart by policy.
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Many have relatives still in Laos—people they visit for New Year celebrations, funerals, family gatherings.
With Laos now on the full suspension list, those connections face indefinite severance.
50 years of community. Torn apart by policy.
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Secretary Noem, December 1: "I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."
Immigration law experts flagged it immediately: "This is pretty much exhibit number one re: unconstitutional animus."
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Immigration law experts flagged it immediately: "This is pretty much exhibit number one re: unconstitutional animus."
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January 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Secretary Noem, December 1: "I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."
Immigration law experts flagged it immediately: "This is pretty much exhibit number one re: unconstitutional animus."
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Immigration law experts flagged it immediately: "This is pretty much exhibit number one re: unconstitutional animus."
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ICE Kills Good
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ICE Kills Good
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January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
ICE Kills Good
Mark your calendar: June 15, 2026.
The proclamation mandates a 180-day review. Countries could be added—or removed.
Legal challenges are being assessed. Courts may act.
This isn't over. The review deadline matters. Stay engaged.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
The proclamation mandates a 180-day review. Countries could be added—or removed.
Legal challenges are being assessed. Courts may act.
This isn't over. The review deadline matters. Stay engaged.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Mark your calendar: June 15, 2026.
The proclamation mandates a 180-day review. Countries could be added—or removed.
Legal challenges are being assessed. Courts may act.
This isn't over. The review deadline matters. Stay engaged.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
The proclamation mandates a 180-day review. Countries could be added—or removed.
Legal challenges are being assessed. Courts may act.
This isn't over. The review deadline matters. Stay engaged.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
January 1st, 2026: Two different Americas woke up.
One celebrated the new year.
The other watched as 39 countries got banned, 60 years of family exemptions vanished, and 150,000+ Afghan allies got frozen.
Same country. Two realities.
Which America are you building?
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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One celebrated the new year.
The other watched as 39 countries got banned, 60 years of family exemptions vanished, and 150,000+ Afghan allies got frozen.
Same country. Two realities.
Which America are you building?
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
January 1st, 2026: Two different Americas woke up.
One celebrated the new year.
The other watched as 39 countries got banned, 60 years of family exemptions vanished, and 150,000+ Afghan allies got frozen.
Same country. Two realities.
Which America are you building?
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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One celebrated the new year.
The other watched as 39 countries got banned, 60 years of family exemptions vanished, and 150,000+ Afghan allies got frozen.
Same country. Two realities.
Which America are you building?
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Florida-specific support for affected communities:
📍 Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) - Miami
📍 Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) - Statewide
📍 Florida RAISE Alliance - Rapid Response
📍 Catholic Legal Services - Miami
📍 WeCount! - South Florida
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📍 Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) - Miami
📍 Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) - Statewide
📍 Florida RAISE Alliance - Rapid Response
📍 Catholic Legal Services - Miami
📍 WeCount! - South Florida
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January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Florida-specific support for affected communities:
📍 Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) - Miami
📍 Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) - Statewide
📍 Florida RAISE Alliance - Rapid Response
📍 Catholic Legal Services - Miami
📍 WeCount! - South Florida
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📍 Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) - Miami
📍 Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) - Statewide
📍 Florida RAISE Alliance - Rapid Response
📍 Catholic Legal Services - Miami
📍 WeCount! - South Florida
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For the first time since the travel ban policy began in 2017, nations are pushing back with reciprocal restrictions.
Beverly Ochieng of Control Risks: "The measure reduces prospects for cooperation and may push some governments to look elsewhere to build strong partnerships."
America first?
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Beverly Ochieng of Control Risks: "The measure reduces prospects for cooperation and may push some governments to look elsewhere to build strong partnerships."
America first?
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January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
For the first time since the travel ban policy began in 2017, nations are pushing back with reciprocal restrictions.
Beverly Ochieng of Control Risks: "The measure reduces prospects for cooperation and may push some governments to look elsewhere to build strong partnerships."
America first?
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Beverly Ochieng of Control Risks: "The measure reduces prospects for cooperation and may push some governments to look elsewhere to build strong partnerships."
America first?
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For those in states or communities receiving people affected by immigration restrictions:
What support systems exist? What mutual aid networks are building?
Local infrastructure matters. Share what's working.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
What support systems exist? What mutual aid networks are building?
Local infrastructure matters. Share what's working.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
For those in states or communities receiving people affected by immigration restrictions:
What support systems exist? What mutual aid networks are building?
Local infrastructure matters. Share what's working.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
What support systems exist? What mutual aid networks are building?
Local infrastructure matters. Share what's working.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
Congress created Afghan SIVs for interpreters and support staff who risked their lives alongside U.S. military.
These are among the most thoroughly vetted people in the entire immigration system.
Now they're frozen. Promises broken. Again.
This isn't just immigration policy. It's betrayal.
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These are among the most thoroughly vetted people in the entire immigration system.
Now they're frozen. Promises broken. Again.
This isn't just immigration policy. It's betrayal.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Congress created Afghan SIVs for interpreters and support staff who risked their lives alongside U.S. military.
These are among the most thoroughly vetted people in the entire immigration system.
Now they're frozen. Promises broken. Again.
This isn't just immigration policy. It's betrayal.
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These are among the most thoroughly vetted people in the entire immigration system.
Now they're frozen. Promises broken. Again.
This isn't just immigration policy. It's betrayal.
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Wrong.
U.S. citizens can no longer sponsor their spouses, parents, or children under 21 from banned countries through the immediate relative visa category.
They must now seek case-by-case "national interest" waivers—with historically low approval rates.
American families. American citizens.
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U.S. citizens can no longer sponsor their spouses, parents, or children under 21 from banned countries through the immediate relative visa category.
They must now seek case-by-case "national interest" waivers—with historically low approval rates.
American families. American citizens.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Wrong.
U.S. citizens can no longer sponsor their spouses, parents, or children under 21 from banned countries through the immediate relative visa category.
They must now seek case-by-case "national interest" waivers—with historically low approval rates.
American families. American citizens.
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U.S. citizens can no longer sponsor their spouses, parents, or children under 21 from banned countries through the immediate relative visa category.
They must now seek case-by-case "national interest" waivers—with historically low approval rates.
American families. American citizens.
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They served as interpreters. Translators. Support staff.
They faced Taliban death threats specifically because of their service to America.
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They faced Taliban death threats specifically because of their service to America.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They served as interpreters. Translators. Support staff.
They faced Taliban death threats specifically because of their service to America.
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They faced Taliban death threats specifically because of their service to America.
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The ban isn't just affecting individuals. It's fracturing international relationships.
Mali. Burkina Faso. Niger. All implementing reciprocal visa bans.
The African Union has issued formal statements of concern.
What started as U.S. policy is becoming global realignment.
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Mali. Burkina Faso. Niger. All implementing reciprocal visa bans.
The African Union has issued formal statements of concern.
What started as U.S. policy is becoming global realignment.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The ban isn't just affecting individuals. It's fracturing international relationships.
Mali. Burkina Faso. Niger. All implementing reciprocal visa bans.
The African Union has issued formal statements of concern.
What started as U.S. policy is becoming global realignment.
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Mali. Burkina Faso. Niger. All implementing reciprocal visa bans.
The African Union has issued formal statements of concern.
What started as U.S. policy is becoming global realignment.
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For 60 years—since the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965—U.S. citizens could sponsor immediate family members from anywhere.
That's over.
The justification from the proclamation: "Familial ties can serve as unique vectors for fraudulent, criminal, or even terrorist activity."
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That's over.
The justification from the proclamation: "Familial ties can serve as unique vectors for fraudulent, criminal, or even terrorist activity."
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January 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
For 60 years—since the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965—U.S. citizens could sponsor immediate family members from anywhere.
That's over.
The justification from the proclamation: "Familial ties can serve as unique vectors for fraudulent, criminal, or even terrorist activity."
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That's over.
The justification from the proclamation: "Familial ties can serve as unique vectors for fraudulent, criminal, or even terrorist activity."
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Practical tools for those affected:
📍 IRAP: Free legal services for refugees
📍 AfghanEvac: Supporting Afghan allies
📍 No One Left Behind: SIV holder advocacy
📍 Human Rights First: Legal advocacy
📍 National Immigration Law Center
Bookmark. Share. Use.
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📍 IRAP: Free legal services for refugees
📍 AfghanEvac: Supporting Afghan allies
📍 No One Left Behind: SIV holder advocacy
📍 Human Rights First: Legal advocacy
📍 National Immigration Law Center
Bookmark. Share. Use.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Practical tools for those affected:
📍 IRAP: Free legal services for refugees
📍 AfghanEvac: Supporting Afghan allies
📍 No One Left Behind: SIV holder advocacy
📍 Human Rights First: Legal advocacy
📍 National Immigration Law Center
Bookmark. Share. Use.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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📍 IRAP: Free legal services for refugees
📍 AfghanEvac: Supporting Afghan allies
📍 No One Left Behind: SIV holder advocacy
📍 Human Rights First: Legal advocacy
📍 National Immigration Law Center
Bookmark. Share. Use.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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If you're in a community affected by the travel ban—or helping families who are—I want to hear from you.
What support exists where you are? What's missing?
Drop your experience below. Local knowledge beats national talking points.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
What support exists where you are? What's missing?
Drop your experience below. Local knowledge beats national talking points.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
If you're in a community affected by the travel ban—or helping families who are—I want to hear from you.
What support exists where you are? What's missing?
Drop your experience below. Local knowledge beats national talking points.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
What support exists where you are? What's missing?
Drop your experience below. Local knowledge beats national talking points.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
#ResistAndRise #Resistance
The U.S. is co-hosting the 2026 World Cup.
Haiti qualified for the first time in 50+ years.
Iran, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire qualified too.
Their fans? Banned.
B-2 tourist visas are prohibited. National teams may compete before empty supporter sections.
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Haiti qualified for the first time in 50+ years.
Iran, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire qualified too.
Their fans? Banned.
B-2 tourist visas are prohibited. National teams may compete before empty supporter sections.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The U.S. is co-hosting the 2026 World Cup.
Haiti qualified for the first time in 50+ years.
Iran, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire qualified too.
Their fans? Banned.
B-2 tourist visas are prohibited. National teams may compete before empty supporter sections.
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Haiti qualified for the first time in 50+ years.
Iran, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire qualified too.
Their fans? Banned.
B-2 tourist visas are prohibited. National teams may compete before empty supporter sections.
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Reporting this piece, the pattern became impossible to ignore.
The original "Muslim ban" of 2017? Friday evening. This expansion? Signed 15 days before implementation, right into the holiday dead zone.
They know exactly what they're doing. So should we.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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The original "Muslim ban" of 2017? Friday evening. This expansion? Signed 15 days before implementation, right into the holiday dead zone.
They know exactly what they're doing. So should we.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Reporting this piece, the pattern became impossible to ignore.
The original "Muslim ban" of 2017? Friday evening. This expansion? Signed 15 days before implementation, right into the holiday dead zone.
They know exactly what they're doing. So should we.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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The original "Muslim ban" of 2017? Friday evening. This expansion? Signed 15 days before implementation, right into the holiday dead zone.
They know exactly what they're doing. So should we.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Mali. Burkina Faso. Niger.
Three African nations have now implemented reciprocal visa bans on U.S. citizens.
The first such countermeasures since the travel ban policy began in 2017.
What was unilateral is becoming bilateral. The world is watching—and responding.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Three African nations have now implemented reciprocal visa bans on U.S. citizens.
The first such countermeasures since the travel ban policy began in 2017.
What was unilateral is becoming bilateral. The world is watching—and responding.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Mali. Burkina Faso. Niger.
Three African nations have now implemented reciprocal visa bans on U.S. citizens.
The first such countermeasures since the travel ban policy began in 2017.
What was unilateral is becoming bilateral. The world is watching—and responding.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Three African nations have now implemented reciprocal visa bans on U.S. citizens.
The first such countermeasures since the travel ban policy began in 2017.
What was unilateral is becoming bilateral. The world is watching—and responding.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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The silence wasn't accidental.
Signed December 16. Effective January 1. Congressional oversight dormant. Newsrooms on skeleton crews.
15 days. Holiday news cycle. By design.
The mainstream media's near-total silence amounts to complicity by omission.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Signed December 16. Effective January 1. Congressional oversight dormant. Newsrooms on skeleton crews.
15 days. Holiday news cycle. By design.
The mainstream media's near-total silence amounts to complicity by omission.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The silence wasn't accidental.
Signed December 16. Effective January 1. Congressional oversight dormant. Newsrooms on skeleton crews.
15 days. Holiday news cycle. By design.
The mainstream media's near-total silence amounts to complicity by omission.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Signed December 16. Effective January 1. Congressional oversight dormant. Newsrooms on skeleton crews.
15 days. Holiday news cycle. By design.
The mainstream media's near-total silence amounts to complicity by omission.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Bee Van Her fled Laos in 1975 after the Vietnam War.
Now Executive Director of the Hmong American Center in Wisconsin, he watches the travel ban tear apart the community he helped build.
"We stay connected as much as we can. So that's tearing apart, for sure, the family relationships."
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Now Executive Director of the Hmong American Center in Wisconsin, he watches the travel ban tear apart the community he helped build.
"We stay connected as much as we can. So that's tearing apart, for sure, the family relationships."
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January 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Bee Van Her fled Laos in 1975 after the Vietnam War.
Now Executive Director of the Hmong American Center in Wisconsin, he watches the travel ban tear apart the community he helped build.
"We stay connected as much as we can. So that's tearing apart, for sure, the family relationships."
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Now Executive Director of the Hmong American Center in Wisconsin, he watches the travel ban tear apart the community he helped build.
"We stay connected as much as we can. So that's tearing apart, for sure, the family relationships."
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Hmong families in Wisconsin losing connections to Laos.
Afghan allies frozen after serving America.
Haitian fans banned from their first World Cup in 50 years.
Different communities. Same coordinated policy. Same resistance needed.
When they divide us, we build coalitions.
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Afghan allies frozen after serving America.
Haitian fans banned from their first World Cup in 50 years.
Different communities. Same coordinated policy. Same resistance needed.
When they divide us, we build coalitions.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Hmong families in Wisconsin losing connections to Laos.
Afghan allies frozen after serving America.
Haitian fans banned from their first World Cup in 50 years.
Different communities. Same coordinated policy. Same resistance needed.
When they divide us, we build coalitions.
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Afghan allies frozen after serving America.
Haitian fans banned from their first World Cup in 50 years.
Different communities. Same coordinated policy. Same resistance needed.
When they divide us, we build coalitions.
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If you or someone you know is affected by the travel ban:
→ IRAP Legal Info: jmeg8r.net/493h7Lb
→ American Immigration Council analysis
→ CAIR National legal assistance
→ ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
Know the resources. Share them now.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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→ IRAP Legal Info: jmeg8r.net/493h7Lb
→ American Immigration Council analysis
→ CAIR National legal assistance
→ ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
Know the resources. Share them now.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
If you or someone you know is affected by the travel ban:
→ IRAP Legal Info: jmeg8r.net/493h7Lb
→ American Immigration Council analysis
→ CAIR National legal assistance
→ ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
Know the resources. Share them now.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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→ IRAP Legal Info: jmeg8r.net/493h7Lb
→ American Immigration Council analysis
→ CAIR National legal assistance
→ ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
Know the resources. Share them now.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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26 of 54 African nations are now banned from travel to the United States.
Nearly half a continent.
Human rights organizations immediately flagged the geographic concentration as racially motivated.
This is what "collective punishment" looks like at scale.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Nearly half a continent.
Human rights organizations immediately flagged the geographic concentration as racially motivated.
This is what "collective punishment" looks like at scale.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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January 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
26 of 54 African nations are now banned from travel to the United States.
Nearly half a continent.
Human rights organizations immediately flagged the geographic concentration as racially motivated.
This is what "collective punishment" looks like at scale.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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Nearly half a continent.
Human rights organizations immediately flagged the geographic concentration as racially motivated.
This is what "collective punishment" looks like at scale.
jmeg8r.net/4aH3eDG
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