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Johnny2X2X

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5. Sister's inlaws

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 09:17 AM

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My sister's husband is Mexican American, his whole family are. He has aunts and uncles who've gone back and forth living in Mexico and the US. One of them was here illegally back int he 90s and decided to return to Mexico to be able to enter legally. It was a nightmare, he kept showing up to court to get his case ruled on and it kept not getting heard. It took him several tries until a lawyer pulled him aside and said, "In order for your case to be heard, you'll need $5000 cash to be dropped off to this person..." He didn't know he had to bribe someone to even get his case heard. Took him some time to save up and finally get here legally and get his green card. He became an American citizen 15 or 20 years ago. Dude voted for Trump in 2024. Now he's worried that because he was here illegally in the 90s, his citizenship will be revoked and he'll be deported. I haven't talked to him, but my sister did and just told him, "Well, that's what you voted for.."

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