... Arias-Tovar’s wife told the outlet her husband does not have a criminal record, owns a construction company, and pays taxes....
Hannah Jones, who said Arias-Cristobal has been her family’s longtime babysitter, wrote in a GoFundMe that the detained teen “came to this country in 2010 at the age of 4” and “did not qualify for DACA,” because her family had arrived in the U.S. after the cutoff date to qualify for the program, which gives certain undocumented people who arrived in America as children protection from deportation....
“My sister goes to college, and she was an honor student since middle school. And she runs. She loves to run. It’s her passion, and the only reason they came is to follow my sister’s dreams,” the teen’s sister told the outlet.
... Arias-Tovar’s wife told the outlet her husband does not have a criminal record, owns a construction company, and pays taxes....
Hannah Jones, who said Arias-Cristobal has been her family’s longtime babysitter, wrote in a GoFundMe that the detained teen “came to this country in 2010 at the age of 4” and “did not qualify for DACA,” because her family had arrived in the U.S. after the cutoff date to qualify for the program, which gives certain undocumented people who arrived in America as children protection from deportation....
“My sister goes to college, and she was an honor student since middle school. And she runs. She loves to run. It’s her passion, and the only reason they came is to follow my sister’s dreams,” the teen’s sister told the outlet.
Another example of what twenty five years of Fox News will do to you. Fanatical belief in bullshit, lies, and insanity. And they revel in it.
Sad.
Harvesting ICE prisoners who are in local jails for minor traffic violations IS seeking them out, DUH!
What's business like at that ICE fscility in Hendersonville? Full house? It's a pretty small place. I don't even remember where it is. I think it's in a mostly residential location, though. I only saw it once and that had to be before 2015.
What's business like at that ICE facility in Hendersonville? Full house? It's a pretty small place. I don't even remember where it is. I think it's in a mostly residential location, though. I only saw it once and that had to be before 2015.
Idk. I know that the county jail has cooperated with ICE for years, not sure about the city.
What's business like at that ICE facility in Hendersonville? Full house? It's a pretty small place. I don't even remember where it is. I think it's in a mostly residential location, though. I only saw it once and that had to be before 2015.
Idk. I know that the county jail has cooperated with ICE for years, not sure about the city.
Anyone remember the the nutjobs from the BRN forum that were screaming about the FEMA and the Jade Helm camps off of Upward Road?
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
Anyone remember the the nutjobs from the BRN forum that were screaming about the FEMA and the Jade Helm camps off of Upward Road?
Quite well. I was working occasionally at the mobile hospital warehouse that was the subject of the conspiracy theories. I don't remember Jade Helm being part of the local hand-wringing. We never had coffins or the ability to imprison masses. Since BRN was a locus of the paranoia I reported it to the boss. He was already aware and said the wingnuts got "talked to" by the authorities (FBI? Marshals?). The stupidity died down. I don't think I shared with y'all that there really was a facility. It wasn't technically secret, but there was a lot of stuff that could be stolen and we didn't want visits from the crazies.
Anyone remember the the nutjobs from the BRN forum that were screaming about the FEMA and the Jade Helm camps off of Upward Road?
Quite well. I was working occasionally at the mobile hospital warehouse that was the subject of the conspiracy theories. I don't remember Jade Helm being part of the local hand-wringing. We never had coffins or the ability to imprison masses. Since BRN was a locus of the paranoia I reported it to the boss. He was already aware and said the wingnuts got "talked to" by the authorities (FBI? Marshals?). The stupidity died down. I don't think I shared with y'all that there really was a facility. It wasn't technically secret, but there was a lot of stuff that could be stolen and we didn't want visits from the crazies.
What kind of facility?
Eamus Catuli~AC 000000000101010202020303010304 020405....Ahhhh, forget it, it's gonna be a while.
It was a warehouse containing complete mobile hospitals: big tents with generators, HVAC and space to erect them for practice, x-ray, ER, ICU, inpatient, potentially surgery, staff quarters, pharmacy, etc, trucks for moving all of this stuff, crew vehicles, forklift, office and meeting space, kitchen. It wasn't small, hence the wingnuttery.
A few years ago it moved a short ways to S Allen Rd. Not sure if it's still there.
American tourism officials expected a banner year from international travelers in 2025. What they didn’t account for was Donald Trump.
The president’s repeated antagonization of key allies — including Canada and much of Europe — has roiled the American tourism industry. And reports of tourists being detained while trying to enter the U.S. threaten to push even more would-be travelers from visiting. The result: International arrivals, which had been increasing steadily since the pandemic and were projected by some to eclipse 2019 levels next year, now are spiraling.
City and state tourism advocates and industry association leaders told POLITICO the dramatic decline in international arrivals threatens the large and small businesses that rely on a robust tourism industry — and could cost billions....
The turnaround for the industry is stark. Last December, the research group Tourism Economics projected an 8.8 percent growth in international visitation in 2025, to go along with a 16 percent increase in visitor spending. By early April, Tourism Economics had reversed course, predicting a 9.4 percent decline in international visitor arrivals, with an even more pronounced 20.2 percent decrease for Canadian travelers. It could mean a $9 billion loss in visitor spending, the group said....
In March, 17 percent fewer visitors came to the U.S. from Western Europe than in the same month a year prior, according to the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration. That same month saw a 24 percent drop in travelers from Central America and a 26 percent fall for those coming from the Caribbean....
King Tang is bad for business. We are led by haters and idiots.
But Trump has dismissed concerns about the dip in international travel, projecting confidence in an ABC News interview marking the first 100 days of his administration.
“Tourism’s doing very well,” he said on Tuesday. “We’re doing very well. We’re doing very well. Wait till you see the real numbers come out in about, in six months from now, wait till you see the numbers.” ...
Being stopped for a traffic violation is hardly kidnapping.
Okay, dementia it is.
When you quote me it's a given you're responding to my post, not Vrede's.
I'm only seeing half the conversation, so pardon my confusion. I have not called anything "kidnapping".
The college student (and her hardworking, taxpaying father) I posted about was jailed for a traffic violation. She was then seized by ICE, which MIGHT be akin to "kidnapping" compared to jurisdictions that don't bend over for the feds by doing their FEDERAL job for them without compensation. We don't know if she'll get due process before being deported. Many haven't.
Otoh, we have posted about other college students who have been grabbed "OFF THE STREETS BY MASKED AGENTS" lacking uniforms and in unmarked cars. If they are subsequently "DENIED DUE PROCESS" before being deported "KIDNAPPED" is not too extreme a word.
Lots more at the link.
Sad.