Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
We are going to see a supreme court case soon aren't we
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Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
As in, some of this stuff hasn't actually been litigated in court yet (the theory that free speech benefits extend to certain types of immigrants) Hope it proceeds to enhance free speech protections (because I don't want us to be like the UK), but there's a legitimate Constitutional question here to answer https://www.freedomforum.org/non-citizens-protected-first-amendment/
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Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
A lot of people misunderstand that "freedom of speech" is not "freedom from consequences", and a visa is granted at the sole discretion of the State Department, who is allowed to change its mind at any time for any reason whatsoever A bit of whiplash for folks to understand this because it hasn't been enforced anywhere near this strictly in living memory, but these are the facts you need to understand how we got here https://warpcast.com/wayseeker/0x46566beb
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Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
If you don't *like* it that's totally fine, the problem is you have about two and half centuries of immigration law to contend with that is very deferential to the State Department's policies and whims, so its gonna take a *lot* to change how that works
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Est3la
@wayseeker
In a land that was “founded” by migrants escaping persecution in search for freedom to practice their own religion, I’d say it’s pretty ironic that our legal status would be revoked just for disagreeing with the government.
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