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TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
6. Not sure that DU is the right time/place for this question at present.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:53 AM
Nov 11

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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I would be nervous. usedtobedemgurl Nov 11 #1
Yes...... Lovie777 Nov 11 #2
I think you are already nervous.... FarPoint Nov 11 #3
Mid May to Late June. AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #17
Don't go home until naturalization. no_hypocrisy Nov 11 #4
They are threatening to deport Bettie Nov 11 #7
Anything could happen....just administratively a border crossing can take 2 minutes...or two years dutch777 Nov 11 #5
Not sure that DU is the right time/place for this question at present. TwilightZone Nov 11 #6
And that's just one reason that DU isn't the place to ask. MineralMan Nov 11 #8
This is good advice Zeitghost Nov 11 #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 11 #9
I believe China has been known to detain PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 11 #10
Trump is copying Hoover. Hoover deported legal immigrants. Emile Nov 11 #11
Yes Rebl2 Nov 11 #12
Given all you went through to get the green card Retrograde Nov 11 #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 11 #18
She needs to apply for a Re-entry permit jxla Nov 11 #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 11 #15
There's no minimum time and it's valid for multiple re-entries jxla Nov 11 #20
Oh Lord Prairie Gates Nov 11 #16
Anyone who immigrated here during the Biden administration Emile Nov 11 #19
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