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Matt Lundy @mattlundy.bsky.social

What lawyers are telling Canadians who work in the United States: Don’t leave the country, because you may not be allowed back in.

mar 25, 2025, 10:54 pm • 1,560 438

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Chris H @chrishutton.bsky.social

Best of luck to the Blue Jays' and Raptors' players

mar 27, 2025, 12:01 am • 2 0 • view
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jhalp2.bsky.social @jhalp2.bsky.social

Or DO leave the country and WFH. You’re much safer there.

mar 26, 2025, 6:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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iamcruzin.bsky.social @iamcruzin.bsky.social

Query: wipe phone of all social media before cross border even if US citizen living abroad?

mar 26, 2025, 11:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social @jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social

I don't think people have any idea how much international tourism to this country is going to dry up when even *Canadians* aren't safe here.

mar 26, 2025, 7:32 pm • 27 1 • view
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tienlung.bsky.social @tienlung.bsky.social

A quarter million wealthy Snowbirds who planned to blow their substantial life savings in warm states are all coming home. One Florida county alone has 24,000 second homes listed for sale. Billions and billions and billions lost.

mar 26, 2025, 8:11 pm • 26 1 • view
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thestolz.bsky.social @thestolz.bsky.social

But Trump is a master strategist with only the best people 😂

mar 26, 2025, 8:37 pm • 8 0 • view
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Patricia Bronson @patriciabronson07.bsky.social

I read that Canadians here must register with the government after 30 days. This is ppl that have spent half their time here for many years.

mar 26, 2025, 9:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social @jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social

I'm still shocked about this. The Latino thing has been going on for years, but now to single out Canadians as the enemy FFS? Insanity. These people are all insane.

mar 26, 2025, 9:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Patricia Bronson @patriciabronson07.bsky.social

Oh my 24,000? Home sales here have really dropped bc of high prices and high interest rates already. What county is this in?

mar 26, 2025, 8:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social @jkdanthonyian10.bsky.social

Isn't Florida also facing an insurance crisis as companies are tired of insuring homes that are getting destroyed in hurricanes (and this is before climate change-induced flooding starts happening).

mar 26, 2025, 8:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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Patricia Bronson @patriciabronson07.bsky.social

Yes many home owners that have no mortgage have dropped their insurance. We have the highest rates in the nation.

mar 26, 2025, 9:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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🦋Keith Hancock🦋 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇹🇭 🇻🇳 @keithhancock.bsky.social

I would have thought that better advice would be leave the country and don't bother returning.

mar 26, 2025, 11:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

Except that is how you renew a work visa.

mar 26, 2025, 11:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Miss McCountry @mydadsamerica.bsky.social

Soon enough we won’t be able to get out. The life cycle of an monotheistic autocracy.

mar 26, 2025, 3:13 pm • 8 0 • view
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Aandy Herr @aandyherr.bsky.social

Then he won’t survive… none of them will.

mar 26, 2025, 4:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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Brent @brentdemento.bsky.social

I went further and sold all my American equities before they crashed because of tariff fears ...I will never go to America ever again!

mar 26, 2025, 8:22 pm • 15 1 • view
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Laura Melton @meltonmomia.bsky.social

The number of Americans who are disgusted by Donald Trumps and completely support our Canadian neighbors is far greater than the entire population of Canada. 75 million voted for Kamala and many who voted for him do not support the fight with Canada and regret their votes already.

mar 26, 2025, 10:26 pm • 6 1 • view
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Laura Melton @meltonmomia.bsky.social

Don’t come now for your own safety, but don’t swear off us forever. If we fight our way out of this we will be stronger allies than we were before.

mar 26, 2025, 10:26 pm • 4 1 • view
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Brent @brentdemento.bsky.social

Hi Laura, once this thing settles(Trump gone), I am sure there will be a going back and visiting each our nation's once again...I hold that hope!

mar 26, 2025, 11:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

It really depends on what comes next. It's hard to imagine it worse, but I am sure President Taylor-Green will find a way.

mar 26, 2025, 11:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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Laura Melton @meltonmomia.bsky.social

We can’t let that happen.

mar 27, 2025, 1:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

And what are you going to do to stop it? Education has apparently been compromised so that's out.

mar 27, 2025, 1:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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Laura Melton @meltonmomia.bsky.social

We are going to knock on every door, have earnest and respectful conversation with every single person, and make sure democrats are running for every office. However, Republicans are going to do a lot of our work by destroying the economy and popular social safety nets.

mar 27, 2025, 1:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

Good luck. Better start now because you need 60 seats in the Senate to actually make any difference and mid-terms are far too close to dawdle.

mar 27, 2025, 1:45 pm • 2 0 • view
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Laura Melton @meltonmomia.bsky.social

We have started. It’s going well on the ground. The handful of state races that have occurred since Trump’s inauguration should be a very encouraging sign. Iowa and Pennsylvania have had huge upsets with Dems taking seats that were deep red before.

mar 27, 2025, 1:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brent @brentdemento.bsky.social

Sending you vibes of power and courage!

mar 27, 2025, 1:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Maria @ours-keep.bsky.social

I wish I had that option

mar 26, 2025, 9:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Urotherright @urotherhand.bsky.social

I can only imagine that the same is true for most Canadians who come down to work. I imagine you work for less than the same job would pay in Canada. I do hope this doesn't last much longer. He has already committed impeachable offenses.

mar 26, 2025, 10:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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moloveslivin.bsky.social @moloveslivin.bsky.social

So much of this is so beyond anything I can imagine.

mar 26, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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natureone.bsky.social @natureone.bsky.social

“Everything Trump touches dies.” Rick Wilson. Rick is correct.

mar 26, 2025, 5:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jess M. @jess-sss.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/jess...

mar 26, 2025, 9:57 pm • 2 1 • view
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Bam Bam @bambam16.bsky.social

Looks like trumps true colors are rearing there evil side I'd recommend don't travel to the US you may end up in El Salvador.

mar 27, 2025, 7:03 am • 1 0 • view
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rapanotti.bsky.social @rapanotti.bsky.social

Detroit-Windsor is a daily commute for many.

mar 26, 2025, 3:04 pm • 2 0 • view
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Cameila A. @cameila.bsky.social

Many. I know many people who cross. Especially in medical and automotive.

mar 26, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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budmoore.bsky.social @budmoore.bsky.social

"Papers please... papers!!"

mar 26, 2025, 3:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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John McHale @jmchale3.bsky.social

That would make me want to leave the country as fast as possible.

mar 26, 2025, 3:54 pm • 14 0 • view
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ayeshabarb.bsky.social @ayeshabarb.bsky.social

Hmmmm....wonder if it works the other way. If I go to Canada, will I not be allowed back in the US? Seriously, though--do I need a visa? How long can I visit in Canada?

mar 26, 2025, 10:46 pm • 6 0 • view
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Chazzam @camcha.bsky.social

It will not be long before some crafty Americans who do not have professional qualifications to qualify for a work Visa will claim asylum and have to be heard by a court at which point we will be in a tough position to have to adjudicate whether or not it’s safe to go back to the US.

mar 26, 2025, 11:23 pm • 2 0 • view
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Julz @snial.bsky.social

Given the Fascist nation it's becoming, getting out is surely the most important thing to do.. not being allowed back in is a bonus. #StopFascism.

mar 26, 2025, 9:19 pm • 16 1 • view
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☆Antwoman☆ @antwoman2.bsky.social

I wish I could read that. But I don't subscribe.

mar 26, 2025, 4:21 am • 2 0 • view
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cabanaboy.bsky.social @cabanaboy.bsky.social

Wise lawyers And that doesn’t often correlate

mar 26, 2025, 4:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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cvvaughan.bsky.social @cvvaughan.bsky.social

E

mar 26, 2025, 3:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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adhowlett.bsky.social @adhowlett.bsky.social

Trump loves chaos. It seems to be how he experiences having power.

mar 26, 2025, 4:37 pm • 6 0 • view
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rabennett.bsky.social @rabennett.bsky.social

If I were Canadian. I don't think I would stay is the US. I might be deported to an El Salvadoran prison with no hearing or justice.

mar 26, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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elenacorinne.bsky.social @elenacorinne.bsky.social

Don’t threaten people with a good time, now.

mar 26, 2025, 11:14 pm • 0 0 • view
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Crud Thumper @crudthumper.bsky.social

Conversely, another team of lawyers is advising Canadians to leave the USA, "as soon as humanly possible," as representation of clients in Guantánamo cannot be guaranteed.

mar 26, 2025, 7:42 pm • 4 2 • view
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Elizabeth Malayter @elizabethrivian.bsky.social

Ridiculous.

mar 26, 2025, 5:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pat @patdem.bsky.social

It was bound to happen. Trump could ruin a wet dream! Sorry to see you go....

mar 26, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ulli @ullius.bsky.social

If I were a Canadian working in the US I would very seriously looking at jobs back home

mar 26, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Colin Boden @colinbags.bsky.social

What a way to treat a good neighbour

mar 26, 2025, 7:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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KingBruce19GGP @scottking1.bsky.social

The fact that we have to treat Canadians like this under suspicion is very sad and the rest of America apologizes to those Canadians in America. Please remain safe and if you have to go home just remember the good times in USA.😀😉

mar 26, 2025, 8:13 pm • 15 1 • view
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Heikweh1 @heikweh1.bsky.social

Would it be possible that they don't want that anymore?

mar 26, 2025, 9:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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smknjohnny17.bsky.social @smknjohnny17.bsky.social

i believe its time for Canada to send their Military to their border with the US! show trump you will protect your people!

mar 26, 2025, 9:25 pm • 3 1 • view
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lucierav.bsky.social @lucierav.bsky.social

Canada the enemy of the usa .

mar 26, 2025, 10:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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Johnnybee @alicethewonderdog.bsky.social

I am Canadian. If I leave the USA I don’t want to go back in. Not now, quite likely not ever.

mar 26, 2025, 10:39 am • 9 0 • view
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moloveslivin.bsky.social @moloveslivin.bsky.social

I am American. Right now I want to leave my country. But if I leave, I know I can’t return. We are living dilemmas we never dreamed of.

mar 26, 2025, 7:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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sm59.bsky.social @sm59.bsky.social

I knew IT guys who did this back in the day when I worked in Detroit. They were contract employees who stayed in Detroit during the week and went back to Canada on the weekends. All perfectly legal at the time.

mar 26, 2025, 6:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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AZBillsfan @azbillsfan.bsky.social

Please take Ted Cruz.

mar 26, 2025, 9:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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PJ @pjcool.bsky.social

Nobody wants him

mar 26, 2025, 9:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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AZBillsfan @azbillsfan.bsky.social

Crap.

mar 26, 2025, 10:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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chgopatti.bsky.social @chgopatti.bsky.social

We’re living in the dumbest timeline.

mar 26, 2025, 6:52 pm • 3 0 • view
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888lin.bsky.social @888lin.bsky.social

That sounds like an excellent reason to get out of this collapsing hell hole.

mar 26, 2025, 9:24 pm • 4 0 • view
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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social

I’m guessing by year’s end, lawyers will be advising Canadians to get out while they still can.

mar 26, 2025, 9:23 pm • 6 1 • view
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robinlessey.bsky.social @robinlessey.bsky.social

Why would you want to stay? I couldn’t get out fast enough.! 🇦🇺

mar 26, 2025, 10:32 pm • 3 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

Some people are working on important things they are invested in and right now don't have other options. However, people who do like nurses and doctors are going to stream out over the next few years and we do need them back here.

mar 26, 2025, 11:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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ysayne.bsky.social @ysayne.bsky.social

Curious what happens when America hosts the world cup How many tourists will they hold hostage

mar 26, 2025, 9:17 am • 1 0 • view
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Morganne MacDonald @macmorganne.bsky.social

This is so irresponsible--DJT is a disaster for our country and our allies; come on congress, stand up and stop this.

mar 26, 2025, 9:37 pm • 2 1 • view
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Kevin 🇨🇦 @nighttrain99ca.bsky.social

I wouldn’t stay there. I would rather be home. The hell with the orange buffoon 🇨🇦

mar 26, 2025, 3:20 pm • 9 0 • view
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mamallamachoosejoy.bsky.social @mamallamachoosejoy.bsky.social

When is he going to croak?

mar 26, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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merrillandia.bsky.social @merrillandia.bsky.social

As soon as the machine flatlines.

mar 26, 2025, 8:14 pm • 0 0 • view
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urbangiant.bsky.social @urbangiant.bsky.social

Leave the country before they wont let you leave

mar 26, 2025, 6:53 pm • 4 0 • view
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timmcavalon.bsky.social @timmcavalon.bsky.social

"Border Crackdown." With Canada. Jesus wept.

mar 26, 2025, 3:03 pm • 2 0 • view
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Rick MacDonald MD @kidsdoc1.bsky.social

Paywall!!!!

mar 26, 2025, 3:06 pm • 3 0 • view
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Cameila A. @cameila.bsky.social

I live on the border. There are many in my City who cross daily for work.

mar 26, 2025, 7:36 pm • 7 1 • view
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Nanjde @nanjde.bsky.social

Be careful! ICE and the loonie tunes that run it are picking up American for protesting...They picked and delivered 8 women to a prision on El Salvador that had nothing to do with the "supposed gangs "

mar 26, 2025, 8:47 pm • 4 0 • view
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Nanjde @nanjde.bsky.social

they picked up...and delivered there..they had to ship the women back and they don't have the names or where they are! This is a totally incompetent and inept govt from the top down to those who voted for these assholes...don't put anything past them!

mar 26, 2025, 8:47 pm • 4 0 • view
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Cameila A. @cameila.bsky.social

How is that even possible? I think some of the names have come out from family members.

mar 26, 2025, 8:49 pm • 3 2 • view
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Nanjde @nanjde.bsky.social

Some of the names have but now they are refusing to give them to the Judge.The blondie AG is completely corrupt and will go to prison for the orange fucker like almost all go them.They are so corrupt they are doing everything in the open..but the courts are stopping him.so far, he hasn't won a case!

mar 26, 2025, 9:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cameila A. @cameila.bsky.social

And lose her law license. She should ask Rudy Giuliani about that.

mar 26, 2025, 9:25 pm • 2 1 • view
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Nanjde @nanjde.bsky.social

I don't understand these idiots! They thought that he was going to get away with everything..He and they will all be in jail when this is over...I have every confidence in this!

mar 26, 2025, 9:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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robinlessey.bsky.social @robinlessey.bsky.social

I wouldn’t hold my breath! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

mar 26, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Cameila A. @cameila.bsky.social

I am in Canada and don't plan to set foot in the US.

mar 26, 2025, 8:50 pm • 2 2 • view
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Nanjde @nanjde.bsky.social

I don't blame you! With what these corrupt assholes are doing you could be "disappeared" is what they are calling ppl that we can't find. I am dead serious!

mar 26, 2025, 9:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Cameila A. @cameila.bsky.social

I know you are. Last time my brother went for golf trip 1 year ago. He was pulled as someone with same name had something which caused concern. He was cleared at the time. But officer told him he could not completely clear it. He is scared to try so no golf, baseball. Sad really.

mar 26, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 1 • view
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robinlessey.bsky.social @robinlessey.bsky.social

Wise woman ! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🥂🍾🥂

mar 26, 2025, 10:38 pm • 2 1 • view
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Chuck Watkins @chuckwatkins.bsky.social

I guess maybe this is what Germans in the 1930s were thinking: "I never thought this would happen in MY country"...until it did and got worse...

mar 26, 2025, 9:01 pm • 3 1 • view
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cmdr-zin.bsky.social @cmdr-zin.bsky.social

Very strange times we live in.

mar 26, 2025, 4:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Drifter @tlsimm1.bsky.social

Shameful, I am embarrassed to be an American, living under this Regime.

mar 26, 2025, 6:50 pm • 11 1 • view
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joolzmadcat @joolzmadcat.bsky.social

I would be over that border and outta there and safe home before they have chance to kidnap me and send me to one of their "emigration" camps... Like foreign people who saw what was coming and fled Germany in the 30's

mar 26, 2025, 9:10 am • 13 0 • view
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donna6226.bsky.social @donna6226.bsky.social

you're safer in Canada. Our crazy has reached volcanic porportions

mar 26, 2025, 9:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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joanne054.bsky.social @joanne054.bsky.social

I would go back home and not live in the US with that type of warning. Fuck that.

mar 26, 2025, 10:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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victordennis.bsky.social @victordennis.bsky.social

This video will travel around the world, and the world will stop travelling to the US. Who wants to be kidnapped in broad day light by the American gestapo.

mar 26, 2025, 11:47 pm • 3 0 • view
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Pam in NC @pbnc.bsky.social

So bad that Trump has injected this turmoil with our neighbor.

mar 26, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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fiverayrays.bsky.social @fiverayrays.bsky.social

🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️**groan**

mar 26, 2025, 4:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Allyson @sonrae13.bsky.social

I can’t read the article, but I think most Americans don’t have any idea how many people cross this border every day for their job. Big cities, small towns.

mar 26, 2025, 6:38 pm • 10 1 • view
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eileenhstuff.bsky.social @eileenhstuff.bsky.social

Heartbreaking

mar 26, 2025, 11:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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seearekay.bsky.social @seearekay.bsky.social

You may find yourself in an ICE detention facility with no idea when you’re getting out. Insane

mar 26, 2025, 4:39 pm • 9 1 • view
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💙BenDover2k💙 @ben-dover2k.bsky.social

Works both ways...

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mar 26, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

Felons have never been allowed to cross either way. That's why there's a Pardon Service.

mar 26, 2025, 11:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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💙BenDover2k💙 @ben-dover2k.bsky.social

I don't see either of the following happening... Only ways currently: Apply for a Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) or the criminal rehabilitation process.

mar 26, 2025, 11:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andrew J. Hutton @ahutton.bsky.social

These guys handle it on this side.

mar 26, 2025, 11:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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💙BenDover2k💙 @ben-dover2k.bsky.social

Everything says the process is as I stated... www.dogenlaw.com/can-felons-g...

mar 27, 2025, 12:02 am • 0 0 • view
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Bob Loblaw🇨🇦 @okboomer181.bsky.social

So essential you are an indentured servant

mar 26, 2025, 9:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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breadcircuses.bsky.social @breadcircuses.bsky.social

I'm not dismissing concerns but if you visit the Canada and need to return to the US, ensure you fly out of an airport that has US customs pre clearance. Worst case, they deny entry but they can't detain you on Canadian soil.

mar 26, 2025, 9:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jeff Brown @jeffbrown9.bsky.social

What kind of backwards timeline are we in?

mar 26, 2025, 11:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lilly @lilly8123.bsky.social

This is so sad.

mar 26, 2025, 9:57 pm • 1 0 • view