cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/46890078

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/216477

ICE said the Canadian was found unresponsive Monday at the Federal Detention Center in Miami and was attended to by medical staff, but was pronounced dead the same day.


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[–] 106 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Well, yeah but he probably just got here...

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ICE noted Noviello had been a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. since 1991, after entering the country through legal visa status in 1988. However, it also said he was facing removal for being convicted of drug charges “as a non-immigrant overstay.”

37 years ago

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, at that point, he was more American than Canadian. The US government should have to explain either why he wasn't granted citizenship or else why he wasn't deported. Keeping people in citizenship limbo is just diet slavery, a disposable workforce. I get that's probably the whole point and has been for a while, but I also think it's good to call it out until enough people care to make a change.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    37 Canadian Years or US Years?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Ironically enough he was arrested in Florida which is far enough away there's likely a real difference over that long of time.

    Like "real" as in there is a difference. Not that it is in anyway significant.

    I googled and apparently in the ~14 billion years we think the universe has existed, the north pole has experienced about four more days of time than the equator.

    So like 37 American years or 37.000000000000000000000001 Canadian years.

    I'm assuming American.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I really wasn’t expecting real answer but this is probably the most perfect response I’ve ever seen

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Eh, that's over the estimated life of the universe.

    Our solar system is likely a third that age.

    It was just the first example I got when googling it, and I didn't want to break it down and convert it to make it more accurate.

    Even then, pole reversal are common (speaking of, were like 100k years overdue and inexplicable shit is going on under the antarctic right now...) so even over the life of the Earth you'd have to keep teleporting to each new North Pole.

    But it's a good example of relativity.

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