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NZ woman Sarah Shaw and six-year-old son detained by US immigration (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 10 months ago by BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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Apparently this happened three weeks ago and the news is just coming out now. Winston Peters as usual has no idea what is happening and is too busy licking Trump's boots to actually say or do anything.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

From a different article:

Originally entering the U.S. sponsored by her ex-husband, Shaw is now in the process of seeking a green card independently under a domestic violence survivor's provision. According to the GoFundMe, Shaw had work authorization but not travel permissions just yet, as part of what is known as a "combo card", while her son did.

"Sarah had been waiting on some travel documents to be approved. But once her visa and her children's visas were cleared, she felt comfortable taking them to Canada. We assumed everything was fine.“

ICE Detains Woman in Green Card Process and Son at Canadian Border — Newsweek

So she is in the U.S. legally under a work permit, is seeking citizenship legally after her husband abused her (having abandoned a prior attempt at a spousal green card), and was granted a travel visa by Canada, but was not authorized to travel by the U.S.

Does that change your interpretation of events or add any nuance to them?

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This has nothing to do with her work permit or whatever.
In an interview her friends said she had a visa but she was waiting on the travel permit and decided to cross the border anyway without it.
She's clearly not the smartest tool in the shed (already obvious from her decision to go live in the banana republic)
I feel sorry for the kid who is the victim, her not one bit.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah, you’re conflating her understanding of the situation after she realized there is an issue with her understanding of the situation before she realized there was an issue to justify callous comments devoid of empathy.

She’s got 3 kids and is a victim of domestic violence. Perhaps her choice to stay was rooted in some unfair custody arrangement that would see her losing one or more of her children. That’s conjecture. We may never know the details of her reasons. But we do know that you could have chosen to say nothing.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you dense too?
" 3 kids and is a victim of domestic violence. " has got shit to do with her moving to the shithole before.
It's her selfish decision to not wait for the travel permit that is the problem.
These are the facts and her fault that poor kid has to suffer.
If you have nothing but irrelevant emotional BS and conjecture maybe you should choose to say nothing.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago

Originally entering the U.S. sponsored by her ex-husband

It might have to do with her moving.

What you deem as ‘emotional BS’ establishes that she’s got other things to focus on than the nuances of immigration law, and a pretty darn good reason to stay in the U.S., should custody be messy.

I just really don’t know what to say here. Best of luck in the world. I hope you figure it out.