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Joe Exotic posts on instagram that his husband was deported by ICE after years of shilling for Donald Trump.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 4 points 14 minutes ago

Is Kid Rock dropping an album with Justin Bieber?

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 59 minutes ago

Should a took em both. Hate to have couples separated

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 20 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Wait he's actually gay? I never knew that

How do you deport a husband anyway, doesn't marriage guarantee citizenship?

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 5 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago)

doesn't marriage guarantee citizenship?

Not really in practice. There are other stories of spouses married to US citizens and being the parent to US babies. These guys are literally ripping families apart. They did it the first time and they are doing it now.

There is a 'path' but the hoops you would have to jump through mean you'll self deport and be away from your family for a very long time(by design). The immigration system is backed up after all. Plus what ever stable job you had will be gone after the months to years long wait.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago
[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 86 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He's gay and married to an immigrant and still voted trump? I knew magaheads were dense but this is neutron star level density!

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 12 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

still voted trump

He's in prison isn't he? He didn't vote

[–] Renohren@lemmy.today 20 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Wait. I'm French so this made my brain fry.

In the US prisoners have their constitutional rights removed?

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Yup! In America convicted felons are not allowed to vote in federal elections and depending on the law of the state they are not allowed to vote in state or municipal elections either. As a result of these policies a disproportionate amount of black and Latino communities have had their right to vote stripped away.

[–] Restis@lemm.ee 7 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

So.... Does this mean the current sitting American president couldn't vote in the last election?

[–] addison@programming.dev 3 points 23 minutes ago

He was convicted in a state court, not a federal court, so the rules are a bit different.

Additionally, elections are administered at the state level, rather than federally, so his home state of Florida makes the rules allowing or disallowing his vote.

CNN wrote a piece about it on election day.

[–] Renohren@lemmy.today 1 points 3 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

I checked it out and about 4.4 million US citizens cannot vote (excluding the real 51st state: Puerto-Rico) including 1/19 blacks. That's crazy, it's as if the country is setup for a one party system from the get go. You don't need huge prisoner cohorts to make the 3% difference needed for you to remain in power while maintaining an illusion of democracy.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 28 minutes ago

they are also legally slaves! the 13th amendment didn't remove slavery completely:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

BFE

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 minutes ago

voted trump/supports trump, same thing

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 34 points 5 hours ago

Why would Carol Baskin do this?

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago

This is my favourite one so far. Fuck Joe Exotic.

[–] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 73 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's an older meme, but it checks out.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 hours ago

I can definetely still hear this one!

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 22 points 9 hours ago

“I am never gonna financially recover from this situation.”

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 217 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Hahaha, you think a gay dude's getting one of Trump's golden tickets for US citizenship? I mean come on, has he even raped any women? Remember, trans ones don't count!

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago

I think trans ones count if you fuck em over instead of just merely fucking them....

Just saying, my bf wishes he could fuck me as hard as the US Government does

[–] icmpecho@lemmy.ml 96 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

i absolutely hate this, and at the same time, you're entirely on point here. it's beginning to feel a lot like sex crimes are a rite of passage to the new regime, bonus points if it's a hate crime directed at a trans person

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago

I'm honestly surprised they haven't lowered the age of consent to 12 whilst accusing transpeople of being pedos at the same time somehow.

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[–] RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.works 17 points 9 hours ago

good ol' create problem, sell solution

[–] outbakes9510@piefed.social 37 points 11 hours ago (5 children)
[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 22 points 10 hours ago (24 children)

Fine, but they can refer to each other as husbands if they like

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Well, yeah, but I believe the implication is that if they were legally married then Exotic's husband should be a US citizen and shouldn't have been deported.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

should be a US citizen

No? You can marry foreign nationals in the US I'd hope

[–] prayer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Other way around. A US citizen marrying a foreign national grants the foreign national a path towards citizenship.

After looking further into it, however, it's not an immediate thing. It seems to take 3 years before you can apply for citizenship, and of course you need to remain in the country legally for those 3 years.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 48 minutes ago

A "path" towards citizenship is vague and doesn't really matter in this new world. ICE has been rounding up noncitizens that are married to us citizens. This has been happening and will continue. This link isn't even the story I first thought of when I was typing this reply.

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-immigrant-arrested-ice-deportation-mixed-status-family-2027517

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago

But there's also the assumption that one wants US citizenship which often means giving up any other citizenship you have

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I think that even if they were legally married, there are instances where they can still be deported. If the person went into or stayed in America "illegally", they can be deported regardless of marriage status.

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[–] Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 128 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

There's going to be so many fat leopards.

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