ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
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41 minutes ago
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Red vs. Blue States: Top Culture Shocks Revealed
We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community who have lived in both Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning states to tell us the biggest culture shocks they faced when moving between them. We recognize that the anecdotes provided contain many generalizations and sometimes fail to capture the nuance of the states discussed. We also acknowledge that red states have blue pockets and blue states have red pockets. These responses simply detail observations made by our readers. "We moved from Orange County, CA, to 30 minutes south of Dallas. While the red definitely flowed heavier in this area, it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. We lived in a conservative city of Orange County, so we weren't shocked by the number of Trump signs in TX. However, people were much more vocal about it in TX. What was more shocking was the number of people who assumed we moved from CA to TX because of the politics. And how opinionated they all were about Gavin Newsom. A lot of them had probably never even been to CA, but formed their political opinions based on Fox News and red rhetoric. 'No, Susan, we didn't move to TX because we're running from politics. We left CA because we wanted to own grass. CA is actually a pretty nice place!'" "Trump flags. They were EVERYWHERE in the red state where I used to live. I think I saw one Biden bumper sticker and a single Biden yard sign in the entire state. Brave folks. Plenty of 'Let's go Brandon' signs and stickers everywhere. I've yet to see a single Trump flag in the blue state in which I currently reside. There was a big 'No Kings' march in my city, but I heard there was also one in the red town where I used to live. Huh." "I moved from a red to a blue state. The taxes are unbelievable. I used to pay a 3% sales tax. Now, here, the sales tax is 9.5%. Forget gun laws, here you can't even carry pocket knives or any kind of self-defense weapons. I'm lucky I can still carry mace, but even then, the sizes are heavily regulated. The police here are so overwhelmed that they cannot respond. I got assaulted back in the red state, and the police were on site in two minutes. It happened here, and the police never showed up; they called me five hours later and asked if the guy was 'still there.'" Editor's note: A quick Google search told me that the highest average combined state and local sales tax rates are: Louisiana (10.11%), Tennessee (9.61%), Arkansas (9.48%), Washington (9.47%), and Alabama (9.44%). However, California has the highest state-level sales tax rate, at 7.25%. Indiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Tennessee tie for the second-highest statewide rate at 7%. "I moved to Southern California from very rural North Carolina. The most shocking thing to get used to about SoCal was houses, houses, HOUSES!! In SoCal, you look up at a mountain, and the entire thing is covered with homes, and most of those homes sit on a postage stamp-sized lot. They pack houses together like Tetris. I was used to looking up at the mountains in the Blue Ridge and often seeing no homes at all — just uninterrupted forest and natural beauty. And in rural NC, people would say you have a 'small yard' if you had an acre. It was tough for me to believe people wanted to pay SoCal house prices to live on a plot of land so small that neighbors on two sides could hear you talk in your living room." "I moved from the West Coast (blue) to the deep South (red) in the '90s. I first noticed that nobody knew what to make of me. I got asked whether I was black or white numerous times a day for my first month in my new school, and those who didn't ask simply physically attacked me out of confusion. This leads to my next point: Rural people are openly aggressive and easily triggered, and their biggest trigger is people who are different in any way. Also, I thought I would get a break from the constant 'Jesus Jesus Jesus' I endured in Christian school when I went down south and started public school. Nope. It got worse. I was bullied into praying at the flagpole every morning. There were prayers at every assembly and ballgame. They had cliques based on the denomination of your church (and of course, absolutely everyone went to church, or at least were afraid to admit to not going to church)." "My family moved from South Carolina to central New York in 2022. The most shocking thing was the sidewalks and public parks everywhere. I found out later that historically, in the south, when the parks were integrated, many of the local communities chose to close or destroy the parks rather than share the space with everyone. It was sad but not surprising." "I grew up in a conservative suburb of Atlanta and moved to Seattle a few years ago. Honestly, the wildest culture shock, and one of the more frustrating parts of living here, is how many misconceptions blue state natives have about the South. The 'South' isn't a monolith. Atlanta, in particular, is a diverse and liberal city. I always meet people who have never left the West Coast but are quick to paint all red states with a broad brush. I'm so glad I left Georgia, but I often find myself having to defend the culture I came from, even though I disagree with a lot of it." "Pick-up trucks. About half as many are on the road in Democratic-leaning states as in Republican-leaning states. And the funny thing is, most of the red states I've lived in rely on their ecotourism (national forests, beaches), and they don't seem to care that those gas-guzzling beasts are basically killing their cash cow." "The oddest thing to me is the total lack of self-awareness now that I live in a deeply Republican-leaning state. People brag about not having health insurance and not paying their medical bills, and at the same time, condemn the liberal states for their welfare economies. It is also weird how every one of the locals assumes your belief structure is the same as theirs. I don't ever recall meeting someone in a Democrat-leaning state who started talking politics with you as soon as they met you. It happens here all the time." "Guns. In Connecticut, 'gun' is a dirty word, not to be mentioned in any way. If it is mentioned, it's almost embarrassing and done in a shy way, even if it's to go hunting to feed your family. In Texas, people will list off what they have and how they used them to go hunting or do target practice that weekend with pride." "I moved from New Jersey to Panama City, Florida (because of my husband's job), and there is a literal Trump store in town. I really don't understand the MAGA cult." "I moved from Seattle to southeastern Arizona (a few miles north of Tombstone) seven years ago. I am a liberal-leaning Democrat with a few conservative views. We are in the middle of Trump country. Tombstone has a Trump store. There are Trump flags and American flags everywhere. The only times I saw American flags in Seattle were during holidays, but here they fly them all the time. In the grocery store during election time, people were aggressively sharing their opinions (Republican). I was on a local Facebook chat one time, and they were gathering up people to run people off the road who had Biden bumper stickers on their cars. I have learned to keep my mouth shut here because I fear what these people will do or say to me, especially in a group setting." "I used to travel a lot to Texas for work. Going from Michigan to Texas was always the same shock. Bet you can guess. Guns. Everywhere. Signs about guns. Gun sales. I remember seeing a very stern reminder in the airport about firearms, like nothing I had ever seen before. The liberals I worked with there were concerned for their physical and emotional safety to a degree I'd never heard echoed in Michigan. Made me very grateful not to live there." "I moved to central Virginia from Colorado. What surprised me was how, in Virginia, people still talked about the Civil War a lot, and it was clear they wished the Confederates had won. They literally have their own version of history. And the anti-science paranoia during COVID. I'm back in Colorado now and much happier." "I moved from Southern California to the DC area (Virginia and DC itself) 10 years ago for grad school, and I'm now settled near Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. The area of VA I lived in was full of DC types, and the people I was around weren't too different from the crowd I was part of in CA. However, moving from the DC area to this part of PA has been jarring! I've lived here for four years now, and it's still a culture shock! My husband, his ex-wife, and I are the only people I know with Master's degrees, let alone Bachelor's or even Associate's degrees. I was 27 when I got married, and I felt I was young, but people here get married and have kids straight out of high school. When I had my first child at 29 and my second at 31, I had a friend pregnant with her fourth at 24." "Moving from a blue state to a red state, I'd say the biggest shock was the quality of the local eateries. Not very many Michelin stars here." "I never experienced racism until I moved to the Midwest. Before moving here, people thought it was cool that I'm Puerto Rican. Here, it's something icky that people look down upon. Fuck 'em." "Not me, but my parents. A few years ago, they moved from Texas to Colorado. The thing that shocked me the most was around election time. For ANY election (local or federal), residents receive a voting guide in the mail. It lists each candidate they can vote for, describes their platform or relevant info that might influence a vote, and is provided FOR FREE. They actually want people to be informed voters. Go figure!" "I moved from St. Louis County (blue) to Hamilton County just north of Indianapolis (red). Everyone here gets married SO young. I'm 26 and only a handful of people from my high school are married, but so many people I talk to here think that if you're not married by 25, you'll never get married. Also, religion is so different. In the area I grew up in, there's a good bit of diversity. About a third of my high school was Jewish, so most people respected those differences and kind of knew the basics of different religions and cultures. So many people here tell me I'm the first Jewish person they've met and ask a ton of questions or immediately try to convince me to convert." "I moved from a very progressive blue state to a mid-conservative red state. What did I notice? The drivers are so much angrier in the red state. They're so much more aggressive, and there's more honking. And it's not that I moved from a small town to a big city. I moved to a smaller city than where I had lived in the blue state." "I moved to Alabama because of my dad's work when I was 16, having spent my entire childhood in the Portland, Oregon, metro area, and just over the river in Washington. Honestly, there were a lot of changes; it was almost like moving to a new country. Initially, I was shocked by how 'cliquey' people were. There really is a very 'it' look and style, whereas I feel like the West Coast is more varied and unique, so it was harder to feel like an outsider. I came home from youth group in tears multiple times because I felt so left out. ALSO, the Confederate pride is honestly wild. Why would you want to name places after people who committed high treason? The political environment is also very different, and having a more niche view is harder. You're either a MAGA-loving Christian or you're a heathen Leftist maniac." "NYC native. Moved to a populated and beautiful upscale town in Georgia. The food culture is very different. I miss the variety and quality of different ethnicities. I don't like fried food, and we try to eat healthy, but even the upscale grocery stores have limited produce choices. The local restaurant menus are predictable, and choices are very limited. There are a few nice restaurants, but they're wildly overpriced, and typically, a steakhouse has been the best bet so far. Favorites for the 'locals' are Chick-fil-A and Cracker Barrel. We don't eat out much. 😞" "I moved from Arkansas to Raleigh, NC. It's not a full red-to-blue, but the capital is pretty blue. The biggest surprise was the multi-cultural neighborhoods with races and immigrants from all over the world. Most Arkansas communities are shockingly segregated. I'm originally from Georgia, and that's a big problem outside of the Atlanta area, too. Check out recent census maps, and you'll see what I mean." "I'm from Los Angeles. People in Idaho go to church, well, religiously. Fry Sauce is a big deal here, too. Also, you do NOT volunteer that you're from Cali unless you want someone's unsolicited two cents or a political debate. Boise is a nice place to live (lived there 15 years), but don't talk politics unless red is your philosophy/leaning. I think Trump's an orangutan with an out-sized ego. But you don't share that shit out loud here." "I moved from Colorado to North Carolina two years ago. The racism and MAGA get to me, as does the lack of a gay community. I see giant Confederate flags on tall poles on properties right outside the city, and 'Let's Go Brandon' flags. There are sundown counties where Black people wouldn't be safe at night. The gay community is small compared to Denver, even though this city is about the same size as Denver. As expensive as Denver is, I still might try to move back. Writing that all out, it seems so obvious that would be Southern culture, I really wonder what I was thinking to move." "I moved from Chicago to an Indianapolis suburb. I've never felt more out of place due to the lack of diversity. And even though people view Chicago as more dangerous, and where I live now is considered one of the safest towns in the state, I've never felt more fearful of my neighbors or walking into a restaurant than I do now. I'm kind of stuck here due to finances and family, but if it were my choice, I'd move back to Chicago in a heartbeat." "I moved from a red state to a blue state and back to a red state, and I think the biggest culture shock I experienced is the way red state folks make being from a red state their entire personality." And: "I grew up in a hyper-blue state and moved to a hyper-red state. I've got to say: Both are equally intolerant and unaccepting, just in different ways. All of my friends back in my liberal home state were *shocked* that I wanted to maybe be a stay-at-home mom one day, while people in the conservative town I live in now low-key disapproved that I went to college. Both preach love, tolerance, and acceptance, until they meet people who think differently from them." Have you lived in both a red and blue state? What are the biggest differences you noticed between the two? Tell us in the comments or share anonymously using this form. Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
Yahoo
44 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Poilievre calls for 'very hard caps' on immigration to better integrate newcomers
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a tougher stance on immigration, saying Monday he wants to see "very hard caps" on the number of newcomers allowed into the country. Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Ottawa, Poilievre said the country has struggled to integrate newcomers and he wants to see more people leaving than coming in "while we catch up." "We have millions of people whose permits will expire over the next couple of years, and many of them will leave," he said. "We need more people leaving than coming for the next couple years." Poilievre has been critical of the past Liberal government's handling of the immigration file. In the last election, he promised to "restore order" to what he called a "broken" system. WATCH | Poilievre calls for lower caps on immigration: And while he did vow during the campaign to "dramatically" reduce the number of temporary foreign workers and international students if elected, Poilievre is now saying Prime Minister Mark Carney should go even further by calling for negative net migration. Immigration has been at the centre of his post-election messaging on social media and in his public remarks. "Our country is divided and we're not able to integrate people at this pace," Poilievre said Thursday of the elevated immigration levels that led to record-high growth rates in the post-COVID era. At the Calgary Stampede earlier this month, he said the Liberal government has pursued a "failed experiment with open borders." "Immigration must be controlled. It must be in numbers we can absorb," he said. While the last government did not have an "open border" policy, the number of people admitted hit levels not seen in decades. In 2022 and 2023, for example, the population grew by 2.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent respectively — growth rates that were double or triple what was reported in years past, according to Statistics Canada data. According to population estimates, the country has grown by some 3.6 million people since early 2020. That growth has been fuelled by a surge in non-permanent residents — many of whom were students and low-wage foreign workers. Amid signs of stress — record-low rental vacancy rates, higher home prices, elevated youth and immigrant unemployment and troubling health-care access data — the last Liberal government dialled back the number of students and temporary foreign workers. Those changes seem to be having an impact. StatsCan reported the population growth rate was 0.0 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the second consecutive quarter with a net drop in non-permanent residents. Carney has vowed to keep those limits in place — and cap the number of non-permanent residents at five per cent of the total population by the end of 2027. That would be well below where it was at the start of the year. Federal data suggests there were three million non-permanent residents in Canada in the third quarter of 2024. With a population of about 40 million, that works out to roughly 7.5 per cent. The push to whittle down that figure to five per cent means even fewer international students will be admitted and businesses will be denied permits to import labour, if Carney's plan is fully implemented. Poilievre said deeper cuts are warranted. "Our immigration policy should invite the right people in the right numbers in a way that puts Canada and Canadians first," he said.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Youth Baseball Coach Says He Caught ICE Questioning Kids At Practice
A New York City youth baseball coach said he intervened to inform armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers of his players' constitutional rights after the officers approached kids during a practice at a local park last month. Youman Wilder, a founder of Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy, told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that practice was wrapping up at Riverside Park in New York's Upper West Side when he saw several officers — armed with guns and Tasers — walking up to players, asking them where they and their parents were from. 'I just stepped in and said, 'This is very inappropriate to ask these kids anything,'' explained Wilder, noting that he advised the agents that the players would implement their Fifth Amendment rights. Wilder, who claimed that one agent referred to him as 'another YouTube lawyer,' said the agents then 'kept changing the goalposts.' In a separate interview with New York-based news site West Side Rag, Wilder said the officers began talk of 'obstruction of justice' on his part, entertained the idea of cuffing him and claimed that if the kids — 11 U.S. citizens in middle and high school with African, South American and Mexican families — 'were here legally [then] what do they have to lose by answering' questions. 'It's all about civics. If you don't know your rights, they will trample on them,' explained Wilder, adding that there was 'no moment of hesitation' when it came to pushing back at the officers. Wilder, who holds a master's degree in law, told Wallace that it shouldn't take someone with his educational background to know people's rights and stressed that such an encounter could 'happen to anybody.' Wilder — a coach of over 20 years in the Upper West Side who has worked with dozens of draft picks and a number of players in Major League Baseball — said there's now just one kid showing up to practice, which is at a new location and time since the encounter. He choked up as he expressed his disappointment with the 'cowards' who were nearby and didn't intervene, noting that he fears predominantly-Latino schools in the area will be agents' next target. He added that people have to continue 'speaking up.' 'The only way you can protect people is understanding that the Constitution has a role. And we have to rely on that. And we can't cherry-pick it,' Wilder said. ICE is set to receive billions of dollars in additional funding since President Donald Trump signed his 'big, beautiful bill' into law earlier this month. Already, immigration arrests in the New York City area have reportedly 'rapidly accelerated' in recent weeks as the president looks to deliver on his mass deportation agenda. ICE has turned its attention to immigrants with no criminal history since May, according to The City in an analysis of federal records provided by the Deportation Data Project. HuffPost has reached out to ICE, which was not immediately available for comment. Trump Held On To Flashy Gold FIFA Trophy... Leaving Soccer Champs With A Replica Trump Leveled A Baffling Threat At Rosie O'Donnell — Experts Explain Why It's Truly Terrifying Trump Mocked For Claiming 'Big Beautiful Bill' Helps Ugly Rich Guys Stay Married
