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My family and I are US citizens by birth. We live somewhere that many of our neighbors and friends are not.

Today I taught Tek Jr that if INS starts approaching them and their friends, TJ is to yell “la migra!” and run. When the thugs follow, their friends can run the other way. Doesn’t matter if Tek Jr gets caught; ain’t jack INS can do to them.

Teach your children well.

@tek They are deporting Native Americans, I'd be careful, they aren't holding hearings they are flying people out the same day.

@jenzi We’re native as in “European ancestors got here centuries ago”, not as in Native American.

Old Man in the Shoe

@tek I think the problem is, it doesn't matter. Someone in congress wants anyone standing between ICE and an immigrant arrested (especially MAYORS). They are playing for keeps.

@jenzi You know, sometimes you have to do what’s right, even if it’s not easy. This is my country, dammit, and when my grandkids ask what I did when the thugs came for our neighbors, I want to have an answer I can be proud of.

We can’t all roll over and allow evil to happen when we could’ve resisted. That’s how historically bad things happen.

@tek @jenzi

In this old lady’s experience, it’s always easier to do the wrong thing. This is not the time to be a slacker. It might be hard it might be terrifying, but do the right thing. Good people must do the right thing or bad people will steam roll us.

@Crowjane @jenzi Yes ma’am.

And it’s always easier to resist starting early than waiting until the avalanche has started.

@tek @jenzi I think it will probably become dangerous, but it is the right thing to do. We’ve given the our kids similar advice. Don’t talk to cops.

@WuMargaret @jenzi Not acting is also dangerous. They won’t leave us alone if we comply hard enough.

Our moral and patriotic duty is to make the oppressors’ jobs as hard as possible.

@WuMargaret @tek I'm not advocating for rolling over, I was responding to the comment there isn't anything ICE can do to kids who are citizens. That's shown to be false, there is zero due process for people snatched off the street since Trump took office. None of this is what children should be facing, but here we are.