What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[merithyn]

It's also a great way to arrest and deport various undesirables, destroy families, and further cement the GOP as the white nationalist authoritarian party.

For me and my family, this is a warning sign. A 21st century version of the Nuremberg laws. My wife's green card is good for another several years, so we are fine now, but it's time to start planning an escape route for when it becomes necessary.

[merithyn]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

I am such an individual. I'm a legal permanent resident, a status I have enjoyed for about 20 of the 23 years I have lived here. My green card is up for renewal in October, but it's the physical card that's renewed, not my status. However at least a year ago, probably a bit more the waiting time for replacing ones green card went from a couple of weeks to months. I am not 'in trouble" yet, but I am fully anticipating that Republicans will pursue an immigration policy in the future that will target people like me.

My dearest friend is a British Citizen who lives in NYC, he started a business in the US about 20 years ago, resided here with the associated visa for most of that time, never applied for a green card after his first marriage because of that visa, applied for it a few years ago after marrying his second wife (shes much nicer than the first one). That process is not concluded, so they are now going to be in limbo, property owners, building a house upstate, applying to become foster parents, regular people having regular lives but hes a foreigner so is very much about to become a victim of Trump.

This breaks my heart. I'm so sorry, fromtia.

It's this sort of cruelty that delights Republicans. It's a sure fire vote getter.

And it makes me ill that 30% of our population 100% buy into this.

[Razgovory]

With travel bans, how much does legal immigration matter now?

It does because the irony is that this order principally affects people already in the US who are seeking to adjust their status.  It exempts lots of people coming in temporarily to do critical agriculture and health care work, among others.

It's just troll bait for liberals, more distraction for the base from his total incompetence in a time of crisis.

Yeah, this is just an attempt get liberal criticism which will be interpreted as proof of Trump's success by his base.

[Oexmelin]

It's also a great way to arrest and deport various undesirables, destroy families, and further cement the GOP as the white nationalist authoritarian party.

For me and my family, this is a warning sign. A 21st century version of the Nuremberg laws. My wife's green card is good for another several years, so we are fine now, but it's time to start planning an escape route for when it becomes necessary.

Yep. I am GTFO. My ex did too a couple of months ago.

[Admiral Yi]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

[Razgovory]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

The First Lady did.

[Maladict]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

I didn't say anything about illegal. 

[fromtia]

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

False in fact.

[Tamas]

If you are planning to settle in a country you absolutely should get citizenship if you have the option. It's not a get out of jail fee card but it does make it harder to mess with your legal status and your right to the life you have built there.

[Admiral Yi]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

I didn't say anything about illegal. 

Your question about having a green card by now implied anyone who just sticks around long enough gets one.

[Maladict]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

I didn't say anything about illegal. 

Your question about having a green card by now implied anyone who just sticks around long enough gets one.

Ah I see. By 'by now' I meant some kind of permanence in having and keeping it, not getting it.

[merithyn]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

You can. My ex was here illegally for 18 months before we filed for his green card, and he got it with minimal effort.

[Valmy]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

You can. My ex was here illegally for 18 months before we filed for his green card, and he got it with minimal effort.

Thanks Obama Bush 

[merithyn]

So would someone who has lived in the US for decades, but never got round to becoming a citizen, potentially be in trouble? Or would they have a permanent green card by now (if there is such a thing)? Asking for a friend.

You don't get a green card if you're here illegally.

You can. My ex was here illegally for 18 months before we filed for his green card, and he got it with minimal effort.

Thanks Obama Bush 

I believe Obama was in office when he finally got his green card, but I don't know that for a fact. It was very close timing.

[jimmy olsen]

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