Ellen Vial

@TownsUsa Good Japanese food

what goes on here?

@violetikon You know they were chomping at the bit to call it "Murder in Detroit"

can't wait to see where this is going

@dieworkwear Huge fan of your content & especially big fan of this post. Thanks for trying to spread some light. Sorry Twitter is a fucking cesspool now, I wish these people would go back to 4chan.

I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will. I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't. My family escaped Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and went through an arduous journey that eventually landed them in the Canada. My father worked there for a time as a janitor; my mother, a secretary. When work fell through, my dad was offered to work with his sister in the United States, so he went, as our family needed money. He ended up staying in the US longer than he was supposed to — not knowing immigration laws — and asked my mom to come be with him. Of course, she went and carried me over the border while I was still a baby. I'm still unsure whether we technically broke an immigration law. The border between Canada and the United States was pretty porous (as it is today, for the most part). But either way, since I came here without legal documentation, I eventually fell into the category of being an undocumented immigrant. Yet, I've been in the United States since I was a baby. My identity and roots are very much based in this country, no different from anyone else. The lack of legal immigration has totally shaped my life. It has made every interaction with the law much scarier. It has shaped which opportunities I could or could not get. It has taken an emotional toll, as this legal issue hangs over your head like a black cloud. There are millions of people in my situation — people who were brought here as children, some babies, and were unable to raise their hand during this process and say "maybe we should hire a lawyer." Parents may have crossed the border not knowing about the law, as the law can be pretty confusing and lawyers are expensive. Perhaps, in the end, they should have hired a lawyer; but sometimes life is messy. In the end, they crossed for the same reason many people rise every day: to support their families. I think it's unreasonable to deport millions of people who have contributed positively to society. It's simply not true that the majority of these people are violent criminals carrying drugs. Many own small businesses; many work as skilled laborers (including garment workers!). The vast majority are good, honest people. For those of us who grew up in the United States, sending us "back" to our "home" country would mean sending someone to a foreign land, as they grew up in the United States. Tearing families apart based on immigration status seems inhumane. About twenty years ago, I watched with some small measure of hope that the Dream ACT would pass and help a portion of undocumented immigrants. I saw people march angrily in the streets (something I supported). But I was dismayed to see nothing really come about. In fact, when Obama passed DACA, I was skeptical that it would be sensible to give your information to the federal government without a guaranteed path to citizenship. It seems that the Trump administration may use those lists to hunt down immigrants. I think the ICE sweeps are inhumane. I support and admire the protestors who are putting their bodies on the line for non-violent resistance. Ultimately, I think we need to solve this issue on a systemic level. It's unreasonable to me to expect that the government will deport some 10-20 million people. Even deporting 1 million will cause an insane amount of chaos, not to mention an incredible amount of wasteful government spending. The militarization of law enforcement is over the top and only escalate the situation. I have seen people march on this issue, only for it to be dropped later and dissolve into quiet grumbles. In the end, nothing is done for immigrants. Time passes until decades later, we have another political crisis like the one we have today. This cycle seems unsustainable. I hope people sustain this energy to solve the immigration issue and put undocumented immigrants — most who are peaceful, skilled, and hard-working citizens — on a path to citizenship. As time continues to go by, many undocumented immigrants are seeing their lives wasted away. If you care about this issue, I hope you get involved on the long haul: volunteer for pro-immigrant groups, donate to mutual aid, and perhaps pursue career paths that help people in this situation. I was moved to read someone on here say that, when they found their employee was undocumented, they helped them get a green card. The path was difficult, as our immigration system is broken (it took them 11 years). But I can tell you that this is like pulling someone drowning in raging waters. Ultimately, I hope me sharing this story helps push back against the idea that all undocumented immigrants are MS-13 members. I know many people in my position and they are all like your neighbors.

@tinytacotown @violetikon

doing some investigating

@ari4nasbaby You forgot when she wore a mini dress to Aretha Franklin's funeral and Bill Clinton kept looking at her ass!

@PicturesFoIder Pete Davidson

What character is this?

@tonykatz @_MrHatty But the gov't does decide how people travel...they've chosen cars. Do you not see how you have already been made a pawn who needs a car to get around?

@_MrHatty I don't want government deciding how people travel, and where, and when. Cars are good. There's room for bicycles, and pedestrians. But cars are good. Mobility is good. Freedom of movement is good.

Indiana should end the Blue Line. Indiana should not allow the continual attack on mobility and prevent bus-only lanes. Let Hoosiers travel the way they want, not the way some city government tells them to travel. And Indiana should never give in to elected bullies who threaten business owners. Hoosiers should always fight back against those people. Always.

@DE_Gifford @DetroitGreenway @IronBelleTrail @MIBicyclists @MDOT_MetroDet @SEMCOG @DetroitTransit As a consolation prize, MDOT should get the fire chief a euro-sized firetruck

My friend, who grew up in Macomb County, has been living in Germany for the past decade. As you can tell, it has rubbed off on him in a good way. @DetroitGreenway @IronBelleTrail @MIBicyclists @MDOT_MetroDet @SEMCOG @DetroitTransit freep.com/story/news/loc…

@endlessshrimpp To watch the bots talk to each other

Why am I on this website

@cry__stal__ Nah I think I'm team CB for the same reason (chance to make eye contact w Andre 3000 from a front table?! 🥵) but I opted for tix to masonic cause it's on a Friday and I figured there would be more seats available 🤷‍♀️

@cry__stal__ I spent many hours thinking about which is the cooler venue for this show and I'm still torn. Are you team CB?

@CartoonsHateHer Taylor Swift

What’s something that’s fascist-coded in a way you can’t explain, and not at all political?

I, too, was offered $20 million to run against Rashida

@devilscompiler @babadookspinoza There have been 10,000 Palestinians killed in the last 3 weeks, and the IDF has been clear that this is just the beginning. Surely you must understand the inadequacies of a graph that shows up to 6 months ago.

@AntiquarianMuse @MarkRuffalo I have bad news for you then Jamison

@MarkRuffalo I appreciate you saying this. A lot of people are afraid to say anything. I'm counting on Israel to show restraint with civilians while doing what they need to do.

“…I am calling for a ceasefire and I am calling for the immediate safe return of hostages. This position is an expression of humanity and morality that I am proud to have been raised with and learned from. I want both Israelis and Palestinians to be safe. I want us all to be free from terror and oppression. I want us to care for each other as we are B’tselem Elohim (created in the image of the Divine) and we all have the capacity for radical and unflinching empathy. I refuse to let myself be poisoned by terror: I will not harden my heart to the suffering of Palestinians, just as I will not turn away from the suffering of my own people.” heyalma.com/my-grandmother…

@violetikon Gov't agencies, mostly, which tend to be underfunded/deregulated, limiting their abilities to communicate resources and programing, or enforce rules when companies are breaking them

@ellegist Lmao age gap??? stfu that woman is an alcoholic

Next weekend in Dearborn. All out in solidarity for Palestine!

@violetikon I think AIPAC and the ADL have a lot to do with it.

Israel’s decades of illegal military occupation and imprisonment of Gaza make peace impossible and tragic violence inevitable. Israel has trapped millions of Palestinians in Gaza in what is recognized by the international community as the world’s largest open-air prison. Failure to recognize this context is the inability to comprehend what is unfolding overseas. It is outrageous that our elected leaders from both parties continue to support this brutal occupation and in the same breath call for peace. This is not leadership, it is hypocrisy. What they are really calling for is not peace, but a return to the status quo of daily violence and humiliation against Palestinians, which many in the U.S. accept as normal. True peace requires justice. It requires the end of a racist apartheid system that criminalizes Palestinian existence. If our elected officials were truly interested in peace, we would hear their voices condemning the bulldozing of Palestinian homes, the torching of olive trees, the theft of water, the vandalism of mosques and churches, the violent theft of land, the illegal detention of Palestinian children, and the calls from Israeli leaders to “erase” Palestinians entirely. Hypocrisy is sending billions of tax-payer dollars to Ukrainians fighting for their homeland and championing their armed struggle as “resistance,” while condemning even peaceful forms of Palestinian resistance, such as boycotts, as illegitimate. I condemn the killing of all innocent civilians, no matter their background. Ending this violence requires ending the occupation. Peace and permanent occupation and apartheid cannot coexist. I urge global leaders to work towards a just and lasting solution that upholds the dignity, rights, and aspirations of all people.