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TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
6. Not sure that DU is the right time/place for this question at present.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 10:53 AM
Nov 2024

Because you're going to get mostly hyperbolic, worst-case-scenario answers with the election still so fresh.

Since she already has her green card, I think there's no need to be unduly nervous. Yes, I suppose it's possible that Trump will try to expand to all immigrants, but just because he says he wants to do something or we think he might want to do something, it doesn't mean it'll ever happen or that he'll be able to.

There's really no basis for expanding the policies to documented immigrants, and he's going to quickly find out that even dealing with undocumented immigrants en masse is going to be a logistical nightmare if not an impossibility.

"It's just a small step from "illegal" immigrants to "all" immigrants."

No, it's a massive step. It's more than just changing one word.

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4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

I would be nervous. usedtobedemgurl Nov 2024 #1
Yes...... Lovie777 Nov 2024 #2
I think you are already nervous.... FarPoint Nov 2024 #3
Mid May to Late June. AZLD4Candidate Nov 2024 #17
Don't go home until naturalization. no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 #4
They are threatening to deport Bettie Nov 2024 #7
Anything could happen....just administratively a border crossing can take 2 minutes...or two years dutch777 Nov 2024 #5
Not sure that DU is the right time/place for this question at present. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #6
And that's just one reason that DU isn't the place to ask. MineralMan Nov 2024 #8
This is good advice Zeitghost Nov 2024 #21
I think all bets are off, sadly. Yes, I'd be nervous and if an immigration lawyer told you that she'd definitely be ok hlthe2b Nov 2024 #9
I believe China has been known to detain PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2024 #10
Trump is copying Hoover. Hoover deported legal immigrants. Emile Nov 2024 #11
Yes Rebl2 Nov 2024 #12
Given all you went through to get the green card Retrograde Nov 2024 #13
We are. She doesn't need to do a reentry permit because it will be less than a year out (six weeks) and her Green Card AZLD4Candidate Nov 2024 #18
She needs to apply for a Re-entry permit jxla Nov 2024 #14
That's only if you leave the country for more than six months I believe. She'd be visiting for six weeks. AZLD4Candidate Nov 2024 #15
There's no minimum time and it's valid for multiple re-entries jxla Nov 2024 #20
Oh Lord Prairie Gates Nov 2024 #16
Anyone who immigrated here during the Biden administration Emile Nov 2024 #19
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