People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries

  • polysexualstick@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Everyone in here going like “What did they expect lol?” needs to get their fucking moral compass checked. People in a probably very desperate situation (because for everyone else, $ 1000 wouldn’t be enough for this) were scammed by their own goddamn government. Governments are not supposed to do this, and we rely on our governments to do what they say every single day for a lot of things. Blaming the victims for this is wild to me.

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    11 hours ago

    I warned when they announced the program that Trump never fucking pays.

    Anybody who took that deal was asking to get scammed.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    That tracks with Trump’s reputation.

    You literally can’t believe a single word a MAGA administration releases.

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Of course they haven’t. Noem is as much a facetious liar as her evil lord and master drump

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      10 hours ago

      She’s not facetious at all, that means humorous or witty. What she IS is fecetious, which means she’s totally full of shit

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    Interesting how they heard the news about the self-deportation but didn’t hear the news about how Trump never pays people.

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      Yeah, that’s the real takeaway. I expected them to send them out them say come and get it.

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      Gotta do just enough payments that people won’t think it’s a lie, and that’s when you pull the (insufferably obvious) switch-a-roo

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      Well you start it to fool people, then you cut it off. (The only reason it was offered was because it’s cheaper than sending an agent after you.)

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    Oh, honestly, did you not read the colony policy

    That defines you as company property

    That waivers your say in autonomy

    The conglomerate’s got you in lock and key

    We put the “dollar” back into “idolatry”

    If you’re upset, you can rent an apology

    We are a family government forged in bureaucracy

    No “I” in “team” but there’s “con” in “economy”

    Were you expecting adventure

    Were you hoping for fun

    My friend, you’re indentured

    And pleasure’s exempt from your tenure

    So venture back down to your slum

    That’s provided at generous prices

    Your worth is determined by your sacrifices

    A small term of service when down on the surface

    Internment’s a freebie that comes with the purchase

    (the fine print by the Stupendium)

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    22 hours ago

    Atrocious, but also if you are stupid enough to believe these fuckers would actually give you that money, you deserve what you got, I guess?

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    👏TRUMP👏NEVER👏PAYS👏HIS👏BILLS👏

    (Unless it’s the hush money bill, or the raping little girls bill, he’s always got cash for those)