I mean, it used to be “go outside” to feel better, to treat depression, etc…

Bruh how the fuck am I supposed relax going outside? It would actually make me feel more anxious. I’d have to constantly scan for possible ICE agents like do a full 360 visual scan of the area every 30 seconds.

So is this just life for the next 4 years (at the minimum)? Do I just stay home unless for essential stuff? Just spend all the freetime on the internet because I’m too scared to go outside?

I’m a naturalized citizen, but with the denaturalization talks, this is so anxiety inducing. Citizens born outside of the country have the burden of proof apparantly. I kinda didn’t renew passport, I have a picture of my citizenship document on my phone, not sure that’s any good or fascists are just gonna fascist and try to throw me in cecot.

My neighbors are still going about lime this is norma, playing music and having parties. (They are hispanic btw)

How do people just be so chill about all this? Am I overreacting? Are they underreacting? What even is the healthy about of fear to have?

  • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I do, yes. But I worry about the not “white” and not native born people of my family and my city. Have seen one incident with unmarked cars but don’t know if it was a drug bust (it looked like one) or ICE.

    Some of the houses in my neighborhood are full of Mexicans, and they used to be outside all the time to say “buenas tardes” and wave but no more, and the house across the street was getting a new metal roof, and it’s been halfway done for weeks, not sure what’s going on with that, but think it’s related, the roofing companies use a lot of immigrants in their crews.

    IMO - it is better in a way to act normally, that normal life is what we are fighting for. Renew your passport, and keep documents handy but don’t let them cow you into submission. You worked to become a citizen, that’s more than I did by just being born here.

    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      You worked to become a citizen, that’s more than I did by just being born here.

      I technically got it derived from my US Citizen mother when she naturalized, but its usually too much to explain to its easier to just use the term “naturalized”, because at the end of the day, its revokable, and thus its scary times.

      But yea, I had to learn English and felt like an outcast during the first few years of school. I did eventually learned to understand English on the same level as those born here. But then I think those first few years might’ve caused some PTSD so I kinda just remained an introvert.

      I mean its kinda fucked how that if they revoke my mother’s citizenship, I lose mine as well. Like??? That’s like imprisoning a child because the mother is accused of doing something bad.