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An Irish woman who has lived legally in the US for four decades has been detained by immigration officials for the last week because of a criminal record dating back almost 20 years.

Cliona Ward, 54, was detained at San Francisco airport on 21 April after returning from Ireland to visit her sick father and is being held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Tacoma, Washington.

Ward holds a green card but has convictions for drug possession from 2007 and 2008, which she believed had been expunged, her family said.

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[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 56 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just wait until they figure out where Kash Patel is "really" from. Bet you the crocodile tears will run like rivers.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, it's ok. He's one of the good ones. /s

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I’m sure they looked at Indian government and figured since they routinely discriminate the Muslim population he was in the clear.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have a close friend from Venezuela, who was a warded citizenship on December, so she thinks she's safe. I'm keeping quiet, because I don't want to scare her, but Venezuelans, who used to enjoy a special immigration privileges in America because their country was being led by a rogue dictator, has become one of the most demonized groups in America.

The MAGA Nazis don't respect anything, and having a green card or even citizenship isn't going to save anyone. They want to deport people who were actually BORN here, they definitely want to kick out every person that was born elsewhere.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 days ago

My friend, also naturalized and from Venezuela, knows he's not safe. We've talked. It sucks.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 23 points 6 days ago

US is a hostile nation.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

C'mon let this establish precedent so I can get 'deported' to the home country after 150 years.

Also, why did she get sent across the country from San Fran to the SeaTac area? Is Washington acting like the Louisiana of the West Coast, what the fuck?

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Where exactly are you coming up with the idea that San Francisco California and Tacoma Washington are "across the country" from one another?

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago

The 800 miles of separation North-South.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 10 points 6 days ago

We are a big country and Florida Keys to Maine is about 1800 miles, Wilmington NC to Barstow CA is about 2500 miles

Seems like up and down should count too sometimes. But we need a better word than across, especially if it can't be safely driven in a single day by a single driver without stopping to sleep.

(San Fran to SeaTac is about 800 miles)

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Um, Seattle and SF are on the same coast..maybe there’s just a bigger concentration camp set up there

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