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gopiscrap

(23,673 posts)
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 12:33 PM Nov 2019

Hi I ask for your good wishes

this may not be important to others but it is important to me. Last year just as my wife and I were going to go to Greece to work in a refugee camp, I was put on the no fly list and had my naturalization as a US citizen questioned by trump's State Department. I had to go before a judge to get it straightened out. I testify today at the US House about being put on the no fly list and also about having the validity of my naturalization challenged. It will be part of the supporting documents on trump's abuse of power if they have article in the impeachment case about that. Wish me luck. Thanks.

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Hi I ask for your good wishes (Original Post) gopiscrap Nov 2019 OP
EXCELLENT! elleng Nov 2019 #1
Toi toi toi! soldierant Nov 2019 #84
Thanks for your testimony! MineralMan Nov 2019 #2
Thanks for your testimony and GOOD LUCK! trueblue2007 Nov 2019 #56
Best wishes and good luck Beringia Nov 2019 #3
Best of luck. Thank you for your efforts. AJT Nov 2019 #4
Give em HELL Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #5
Whoa. That sounds like an aggravating mess. Mersky Nov 2019 #6
Good luck☺ dewsgirl Nov 2019 #7
You have ALL of my good wishes! And, I am sorry for what you've had to go through. Maru Kitteh Nov 2019 #8
How inspiring! Best of luck and a huge THANK YOU Mike 03 Nov 2019 #9
Good for you! I hope it all goes well for you. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #10
Good luck Soph0571 Nov 2019 #11
You got it! Ohiogal Nov 2019 #12
Kick ass! Take names! TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #13
You're a wonderful person! renate Nov 2019 #14
Good luck neighbor world wide wally Nov 2019 #15
That's a rotten thing to happen to you Leith Nov 2019 #16
Good luck! Crabby Appleton Nov 2019 #17
Good luck and lots of it! calimary Nov 2019 #18
Best wishes! wnylib Nov 2019 #19
Good luck grantcart Nov 2019 #20
Give 'em hell and let us know what happens. Vinca Nov 2019 #21
Best of wishes and safe travels, my friend. This is definitely abuse of power. Good grief! nt SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #22
Good luck! budkin Nov 2019 #23
Strength and honor. WheelWalker Nov 2019 #24
Wishing you good luck! pandr32 Nov 2019 #25
I am so sorry that happened to you. crickets Nov 2019 #26
Thank you and good luck. badhair77 Nov 2019 #27
Good luck! Please let us know what happens. catbyte Nov 2019 #28
Good luck to you! lillypaddle Nov 2019 #29
Good luck to you! denvine Nov 2019 #30
Good luck!!! CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #31
Good luck and thank you. blueinredohio Nov 2019 #32
I'm sorry that happened to you. Wishing pnwest Nov 2019 #33
GOOD LUCK!!!! Totally. There are so many people like you that have been PatrickforO Nov 2019 #34
I wish you the very best. Scarsdale Nov 2019 #35
Best of luck and all good wishes! Glorfindel Nov 2019 #36
All the best malaise Nov 2019 #37
Sending good wishes, good vibes your way. Thank you for the great work you & your wife are diva77 Nov 2019 #38
🧚‍♂️☘️🍀🍀🍀 Wawannabe Nov 2019 #39
As a fellow Naturalized Citizen I wish you good luck dustyscamp Nov 2019 #40
Hope I am not too late to say best wishes! rurallib Nov 2019 #41
I salute you! Stand up for us all. ❤️ nolabear Nov 2019 #42
Good luck and thank you so much.. mountain grammy Nov 2019 #43
Sending good vibes Bluesaph Nov 2019 #44
Citizen Harassment. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2019 #45
It is important to us. You are part of our DU family. Dem2theMax Nov 2019 #46
Good luck to you! flamingdem Nov 2019 #47
Thank you for being a vivid part of the resistance!! nt LAS14 Nov 2019 #48
I wish you luck AND our nation. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2019 #49
Good luck! BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #50
fuck them! GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!!! (((hugs))) samnsara Nov 2019 #51
Good luck and best wishes, gopiscrap💙 FrankfurtCat Nov 2019 #52
Good luck! volstork Nov 2019 #53
Good luck. Let us all know how you were received by them. Texin Nov 2019 #54
Sending my best democrank Nov 2019 #55
Thank you for testifying and of course good wishes lunasun Nov 2019 #57
best wishes to you! 0rganism Nov 2019 #58
Best wishes! chia Nov 2019 #59
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2019 #60
good luck! hope they roast the bastards Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #61
Good Luck gopiscrap!!!! spanone Nov 2019 #62
Best of luck. canetoad Nov 2019 #63
Many thanks LyndaG Nov 2019 #64
Thank you for testifying Cadfael Nov 2019 #65
Good luck! I was put on that damn BS "No Fly List" for 16 years! Dustlawyer Nov 2019 #66
Break a leg, merde, Mme. Defarge Nov 2019 #67
Thanks for helping expose them. It must at least feel Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2019 #68
YOU GO!!! evilhime Nov 2019 #69
Best luck, all good wishes with you. mahina Nov 2019 #70
Thank you proud patriot Nov 2019 #71
GOP is indeed crap Bayard Nov 2019 #72
Very best wishes. You shouldn't have to go through this. You have a lot of supporters behind you. nt Judi Lynn Nov 2019 #73
🍀 🍀 👍 👍 Duppers Nov 2019 #74
Good luck! dchill Nov 2019 #75
Sending you my good wishes and positive thoughts! Good luck today! FM123 Nov 2019 #76
Wishing you the best of luck! yellerpup Nov 2019 #77
My warmest good wishes to you! liberalla Nov 2019 #78
Luck!! Scurrilous Nov 2019 #79
Sock it to 'em, Citizen! Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #80
Good Luck! bluestarone Nov 2019 #81
Douchebag Donnie only thinks he's a king. CaptYossarian Nov 2019 #82
All the luck. warmfeet Nov 2019 #83
Good luck Joinfortmill Nov 2019 #85
Wow! Kali Nov 2019 #86
You rock! All the best to you! sprinkleeninow Nov 2019 #87
I'm sorry for what you went through seta1950 Nov 2019 #88
THANK YOU for being part of the solution to this madness. flibbitygiblets Nov 2019 #89
Wishing you all the best! gademocrat7 Nov 2019 #90
Good wishes. Ellipsis Nov 2019 #91
Tell the truth calmly and forcefully. Republicans hate that. n/t DFW Nov 2019 #92
Good luck Gothmog Nov 2019 #93
Good luck! mfcorey1 Nov 2019 #94
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Nov 2019 #95
Good vibes to you... malthaussen Nov 2019 #96

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
8. You have ALL of my good wishes! And, I am sorry for what you've had to go through.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 12:49 PM
Nov 2019

I just have to maintain the hope that goodness and progress may be slow, but they are still the natural way of things. Even when it is painful, like now.


Leith

(7,802 posts)
16. That's a rotten thing to happen to you
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:05 PM
Nov 2019

But at least it gives you the opportunity to contribute your nail into the rethugs' coffin.

And thanks very much for working with refugees. Not many people help those who were dealt the worst situation humans endure.

Best of luck to you.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
19. Best wishes!
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:06 PM
Nov 2019

Thank you for testifying. The whole business must be an ordeal for you and your wife. Hoping you both hold up well.

Vinca

(50,168 posts)
21. Give 'em hell and let us know what happens.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:07 PM
Nov 2019

Since my husband is also a naturalized citizen, I'm curious what the basis was for hassling you.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
26. I am so sorry that happened to you.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:17 PM
Nov 2019

I'm also glad it's straightened out and you have chance to testify today. Good luck and thank you for doing this!

pnwest

(3,265 posts)
33. I'm sorry that happened to you. Wishing
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:30 PM
Nov 2019

you calm nerves and clear recollections for your testimony today! Good luck!

PatrickforO

(14,514 posts)
34. GOOD LUCK!!!! Totally. There are so many people like you that have been
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:38 PM
Nov 2019

harassed by the CBP and ICE it isn't even funny. These people have become like the old German Gestapo.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
35. I wish you the very best.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:42 PM
Nov 2019

Hopefully it will all be settled to everyone's satisfaction. Totally unnecessary delay, though.

diva77

(7,604 posts)
38. Sending good wishes, good vibes your way. Thank you for the great work you & your wife are
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:47 PM
Nov 2019

doing. I hope the media will pick up on this great injustice.




Bluesaph

(694 posts)
44. Sending good vibes
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 01:59 PM
Nov 2019

Keep up the good fight! I’m a naturalized Costa Rican citizen. Wrong color. Wrong party. Could happen to me too.

Dem2theMax

(9,594 posts)
46. It is important to us. You are part of our DU family.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 02:03 PM
Nov 2019

Wishing you absolutely the best of luck that everything goes smoothly, and that everything gets straightened out so that you never have this issue come up again in your life. Please let us know the outcome.

SleeplessinSoCal

(8,992 posts)
49. I wish you luck AND our nation.
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 02:20 PM
Nov 2019

This was once an issue the GOP would be concerned about. There must be a few Repub reps that still prioritize protecting patriots such as yourself, who do good works as immigrants. It may even be a backdoor way to their consciences.

BumRushDaShow

(127,281 posts)
50. Good luck!
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 02:20 PM
Nov 2019

And you will be a great ambassador for this issue and are the premier 1-man DU new user welcoming committee!!!!

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
66. Good luck! I was put on that damn BS "No Fly List" for 16 years!
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 03:47 PM
Nov 2019

I have a very generic, common name that allegedly was used by a Terrorist from Yemen in 2001. I had guns pulled on me in an airport, missed flights, and a lot of harassment. In the later years after 2001, the people working for the airlines would not bat an eye. Before, they would speak out a code phrase which would have someone call security. I would then be stuck next to a cop for however long it would take them to clear me. My bags would be searched and x-rayed multiple times as would my person. The FBI agent assigned to me due to this delaying other travelers to clear me faster would never answer his phone.

The system had no due process for me to get off of the list as a natural born U.S. citizen. I was told to either put up with it; change my name; or stop flying.

A few years ago they talked about restricting the gun rights of the people on the list. I went and got a concealed carry permit though I still don’t own a gun. I used to to try and prove I was not the Yemeni terrorist, otherwise how would I pass the background check.

Hope you convince them that their list is complete crap!

sprinkleeninow

(20,133 posts)
87. You rock! All the best to you!
Fri Nov 1, 2019, 09:17 PM
Nov 2019
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