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snowybirdie

(6,392 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:10 AM Oct 2

It's Hitting home [View all]

Just heard from my ex-daughter in law. My grandson came home from school yesterday fearful and not wanting to return. You see, this tall handsome kid with three Irish-American grandparents, looks "Mexican" as he said. Yes he resembles his maternal grandfather! A very handsome gentleman whose family was in Texas before it was a state! The Irish roots only go back to the turn of the last century. ICE came to his town and pulled people out of his school. He's afraid, and his very waspish name might not keep him from being challenged and detained. We're scared. No way to stop this. No one to trust. The fact that his dad served this country for a decade and was Special Forces means nothing! We can't let down the protest! Please don't let them win!

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It's Hitting home [View all] snowybirdie Oct 2 OP
Enough is enough! Hope22 Oct 2 #1
Omg! So frightening. Joinfortmill Oct 2 #2
You think it is frightening for a person with that background? Bluetus Oct 2 #24
I beg your pardon? I responded to the post. I never implied anything remotely related to your statement. Joinfortmill Oct 3 #29
My reply was not directed at you specifically Bluetus Oct 3 #30
What have we done Easterncedar Oct 2 #3
Check Activist HQ for Indivisible posts. usonian Oct 2 #13
Thanks Easterncedar Oct 2 #15
"No way to stop this." OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #4
It's good to see that Ice agents are only targeting hardened criminals - murderers, rapists, drug dealers, etc. Gimpyknee Oct 2 #5
I know, right? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #6
I have some in-laws that are tfg supporters multigraincracker Oct 2 #7
Saturday October 18. No Kings! Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2 #8
My uncle, a good looking guy Farmer-Rick Oct 2 #9
I can get dark in the sun too LittleGirl Oct 2 #19
I have a mixed race granddaughter who Brainstormy Oct 2 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Oct 2 #11
Somehow we must stop this descent into madness. Clouds Passing Oct 2 #12
how in the world is that school allowing those iced assholes into the building? orleans Oct 2 #14
It was a high school snowybirdie Oct 2 #17
i can't imagine having that insanity going on when my kid was in school orleans Oct 2 #18
Trump's ICE-hole brown shirt army keeps getting bolder and bolder. patphil Oct 2 #16
About 20 years ago my oldest daughter got pulled over on cksmithy Oct 2 #20
My kids were the opposite pfitz59 Oct 3 #25
I've been fighting hard since my parents moved south during a Klan revival Warpy Oct 2 #21
Have your ex dil get a certified copy of his birth certificate to carry and then a state id questionseverything Oct 2 #22
Government sponsored intimidation with random acts of violence and incarceration always works. Aussie105 Oct 2 #23
Sending good vibes your way. 💖 Dave Bowman Oct 3 #26
Yeah a lot of Italians like me Figarosmom Oct 3 #27
Hispanics need to send a message cerebrate2006 Oct 3 #28
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