He probably chooses them for emotional insecurity and fear of abandonment, then starts out with heavy-duty love bombing. It’s extremely disorienting, engaging, and difficult to resist, and creates the illusion of a bond that’s then hard to break. The next step is gaslighting to keep her off balance.

Well, with a stunning resume like that, we can expect Trump to put Chris Brown in charge of the Office of Violence Against Women any day now.

So everyone I know that has been involved in an abusive relationship didn’t have any reason to suspect the guy was abusive until they were pretty well in. And I know leaving is complicated. But at this point I’m kind of shocked anyone dates Chris Brown. Or do some women really think they can change him?

Does it come with an insulin chaser?

All the NOPE! Fucking gross.

I suspect that Republicans will find the money to fund draconian deportations by dismantling the social safety net, and also presiding over a massive deficit.

You’re the one who sounds like a prick here. Fucking asshole.

Pay no mind to anyone calling you a know-it-all, your expertise is very much appreciated.

This is a more overall question:

Keep it up! (I’m thinking of taking an immigration law refresher course so that I can help. It’s frustrating standing by while this is happening.)

It literally means every undocumented immigrant except those who entered with a visa and then overstayed, except that even those individuals would be a priority if they admitted to an ICE officer that they’d done anything that could bring a conviction, even if it was something incredibly minor. Like, an officer could…

This is some motherfucking, ass-backwards bullshit.

Isn’t it worse than that, though? From the Pro Publica story:

“The Trump administration says it, too, is focused on deporting criminals, but it has redefined crimes to include any activity that might bring a conviction, including entering the U.S. without permission. Effectively, that makes virtually everyone in the…

So, what, specifically, makes me come across like a prick in this comment? Is it the clearly barely-concealed rage about actions I think are cruel, inhumane, and un-American?

Maybe when I do my taxes this year I’ll add a note saying my payment is “subject to the availability of resources.” Seems legit.

Right? Imagine the horror a parent goes through when they hear that they son or daughter they left back in Honduras is being threatened with murder, torture, or rape if they don’t leave immediately. And that parent thinks “I need to get my child out of the situation immediately, and that means bringing them here to me…

Well, it’s immigration law and that’s my area of expertise, so, you know, I try.

First question: just how fucked are we?

The charging of parents with child smuggling is what, in particular, is really standing out for me. By all means, punish the smugglers who commit atrocities against these vulnerable kids, but punish their desperate parents? Most of us here are lucky enough to not understand the absolute desperation it must take to…

These memoranda really are worst-case scenarios. Under these changes, people whose only “crime” was to be arrested for disorderly conduct will be considered an enforcement priority, even if the charges were dismissed. As much as people who oppose undocumented immigrants don’t want to admit it, our immigration…