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no_hypocrisy

(55,390 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 06:52 PM Tuesday

This is so sad, so pathetic. [View all]

I live in a small town in Passaic County, NJ. More than 50% of the residents are immigrants.

I went to give a neighbor a letter and walked it over. I knocked on the window. Nothing. Again. Nothing.

Then I saw boys about 8 and 10 run furiously to a back bedroom (through the window) and they were yelling, "ICE! ICE! ICE!"

Well, I was in a T-shirt and jeans, a woman and wasn't yelling for them to let me in.

I had to convince their mother to open the door for me. (The letter had to be hand-delivered, not shoved under the door.)

To have children expecting ICE to show up to kidnap them and their parents just breaks my heart.

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This is so sad, so pathetic. [View all] no_hypocrisy Tuesday OP
Woah! How horrific and the unfortunately justified fears electric_blue68 Tuesday #1
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The new Nazi Gestapo arrives on American shores. magicarpet Tuesday #2
So 😔 sad BlueWaveNeverEnd Tuesday #3
lots of immigrants around me Skittles Tuesday #4
MAGA is the new plague. Initech Tuesday #5
No doubt about it. calimary Tuesday #6
The ground floor of my apt complex has a few businesses. wnylib Tuesday #7
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Because we had that standard of living before? EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #11
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