Tinker Schmitt
@tinkthink.bsky.social
Haiti advocate and retired nurse. Focus on Immigration injustice. Blue dot in NC, Pro-Science, progressive Christian and church poly-musician, safe haven for LGBTQ-I. 🎶💙😷🌈☮️🇺🇦🎹🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌊🦋
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Tinker Schmitt
@tinkthink.bsky.social
· Aug 25
“Historically speaking, immigration control is one of the least constitutional and most racist realms of governance in U.S. law and life.”
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
#immigration
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
#immigration
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
The irony is real. 🙄
DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave
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DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave
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DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave
State Department says that Americans should leave Venezuela ASAP. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s safe for Venezuelan immigrants to return there
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January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The irony is real. 🙄
DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave
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DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State warns Americans to leave
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How many temporary blocks are in force right now? Temporary winning by immigrants is not the same as permanent fairness.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole
Court grants two-week reprieve for more than 10,000 immigrants set to lose legal status next week.
www.politico.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
How many temporary blocks are in force right now? Temporary winning by immigrants is not the same as permanent fairness.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Two things are NOT true at the same time.
Truth
1. Maduro was an unelected, unsafe leader and needed to be removed. The US government is involved in leadership change there.
False
2. Venezuela is a safe place for 600,000 previous holders of TPS to be deported home, immediately. (TPS revoked)
Truth
1. Maduro was an unelected, unsafe leader and needed to be removed. The US government is involved in leadership change there.
False
2. Venezuela is a safe place for 600,000 previous holders of TPS to be deported home, immediately. (TPS revoked)
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Two things are NOT true at the same time.
Truth
1. Maduro was an unelected, unsafe leader and needed to be removed. The US government is involved in leadership change there.
False
2. Venezuela is a safe place for 600,000 previous holders of TPS to be deported home, immediately. (TPS revoked)
Truth
1. Maduro was an unelected, unsafe leader and needed to be removed. The US government is involved in leadership change there.
False
2. Venezuela is a safe place for 600,000 previous holders of TPS to be deported home, immediately. (TPS revoked)
Do we care about the safety of oil more than the safety of a half a million Venezuelans holding legal TPS status in the USA? #immigration
January 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Do we care about the safety of oil more than the safety of a half a million Venezuelans holding legal TPS status in the USA? #immigration
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
The US Government thinks they will be controlling the Venezuela government for years?
Venezuelan TPS holders need a good group of lawyers-because they deserve to be here in the United States. #immigration
Venezuelan TPS holders need a good group of lawyers-because they deserve to be here in the United States. #immigration
January 8, 2026 at 10:24 AM
The US Government thinks they will be controlling the Venezuela government for years?
Venezuelan TPS holders need a good group of lawyers-because they deserve to be here in the United States. #immigration
Venezuelan TPS holders need a good group of lawyers-because they deserve to be here in the United States. #immigration
This NPR piece explains the oxymoron between the US government taking #Maduro and at the same time, insisting Venezuelans under TPS go home.
You cannot apply for refugee status from inside the USA and all asylum is on hold.
www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
You cannot apply for refugee status from inside the USA and all asylum is on hold.
www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been in limbo since the Trump administration removed their temporary protected status late last year. That uncertainty has intensified as U.S. immigration off...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This NPR piece explains the oxymoron between the US government taking #Maduro and at the same time, insisting Venezuelans under TPS go home.
You cannot apply for refugee status from inside the USA and all asylum is on hold.
www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
You cannot apply for refugee status from inside the USA and all asylum is on hold.
www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
Pictorial by the NYT.
I still can’t imagine how 500,000 Haitians will suddenly become undocumented in a few weeks. TPS is ending for all. What will happen?
In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I still can’t imagine how 500,000 Haitians will suddenly become undocumented in a few weeks. TPS is ending for all. What will happen?
In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America (Gift Article)
The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Pictorial by the NYT.
I still can’t imagine how 500,000 Haitians will suddenly become undocumented in a few weeks. TPS is ending for all. What will happen?
In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I still can’t imagine how 500,000 Haitians will suddenly become undocumented in a few weeks. TPS is ending for all. What will happen?
In One Year, Trump’s War on Immigration Alters the Face of America www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
These pauses are affecting every path to legal residency in the USA. #immigration
DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g...
DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g...
DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
These pauses are affecting every path to legal residency in the USA. #immigration
DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g...
DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g...
Now that Maduro is out of Venezuela, all Venezuelans who are fighting in the courts for #TPS ought to receive it. They have perfect evidence of qualifications to stay in the USA.
Rubio said the military wasn’t focused on a regime change. (while everyone else said it was going to happen).
Rubio said the military wasn’t focused on a regime change. (while everyone else said it was going to happen).
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Now that Maduro is out of Venezuela, all Venezuelans who are fighting in the courts for #TPS ought to receive it. They have perfect evidence of qualifications to stay in the USA.
Rubio said the military wasn’t focused on a regime change. (while everyone else said it was going to happen).
Rubio said the military wasn’t focused on a regime change. (while everyone else said it was going to happen).
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Millions of Americans who purchase their health insurance through Obamacare are ringing in the New Year with an unwelcome gift: health care premiums that are more than doubling in most cases, thanks to Republican lawmakers who failed to agree on a plan to extend the enhanced tax credits.
Happy New Year! Congress officially lets Obamacare subsidies lapse
Lawmakers are still holding out hope for a deal even as premiums have officially skyrocketed.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Millions of Americans who purchase their health insurance through Obamacare are ringing in the New Year with an unwelcome gift: health care premiums that are more than doubling in most cases, thanks to Republican lawmakers who failed to agree on a plan to extend the enhanced tax credits.
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Thank you @clareraynor.bsky.social! 💙💙💙🤗💕
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Thank you @clareraynor.bsky.social! 💙💙💙🤗💕
Anyone else locked out of Blue Sky for the last few days?
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Anyone else locked out of Blue Sky for the last few days?
Miller views immigration as a cultural threat to his whiteness.
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
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December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Miller views immigration as a cultural threat to his whiteness.
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How do these DHS people sleep at night? share.google/DHP089TJ0sTB...
DHS increases offer for undocumented migrants to $3,000 if they voluntarily leave by end of 2025
The Department of Homeland Security has tripled its "exit bonus" offered to undocumented migrants who voluntarily leave the United States by Dec. 31, 2025.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How do these DHS people sleep at night? share.google/DHP089TJ0sTB...
Inhumane conditions continue.
Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
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Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
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Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The ruling is the latest blow to the civil rights groups that have been trying to shut down the facility.
www.miamiherald.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Inhumane conditions continue.
Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Federal judge denies another request to shut down Alligator Alcatraz
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
Certainly this is the intention of ICE raids. It’s not about public safety.
How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida
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How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida
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How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida
“Support your local businesses because they contribute to the community as well as give back to the community.”
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December 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Certainly this is the intention of ICE raids. It’s not about public safety.
How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida
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How ICE raids and tariffs can hurt Hispanic business in South Florida
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The saddest part of this is DHS is ending the program for those who have already arrived and gone through the legal steps. Work permits are being taken.
#familyreunification
Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
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#familyreunification
Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
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Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
The Trump administration is terminating the family reunification parole programs for Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras
www.miamiherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The saddest part of this is DHS is ending the program for those who have already arrived and gone through the legal steps. Work permits are being taken.
#familyreunification
Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
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#familyreunification
Trump administration ends family-reunification parole program for Cubans and Haitians
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Brilliant research by the Miami Herald exposes #DeSantis corruption.
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Brilliant research by the Miami Herald exposes #DeSantis corruption.
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
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So-even if you are just on a visitor’s visa-you can’t come here to the USA- if you are “fat”or have diabetes——for fear you will use health services the government eventually foots the bill for
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
New Trump directive could deny more visas based on applicants' health and finances
A new directive by President Donald Trump’s administration could make it more difficult for foreigners to visit or live in the United States if they have certain medical conditions such as diabetes or...
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So-even if you are just on a visitor’s visa-you can’t come here to the USA- if you are “fat”or have diabetes——for fear you will use health services the government eventually foots the bill for
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Imagine the kind of person who would spend this money to live legally in the United States. . .
Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
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Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
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Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
President Donald Trump has announced the long-awaited launch of a "gold card" program offering legal status and a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Imagine the kind of person who would spend this money to live legally in the United States. . .
Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's 'gold card' program goes live, offering US visas starting at $1 million per person
apnews.com/article/trum...