Tinker Schmitt
@tinkthink.bsky.social
Haiti advocate and retired nurse. Focus on Immigration injustice. Blue dot in NC, Pro-Science, progressive Christian and church poly-musician, safe haven for LGBTQ-I. 🎶💙😷🌈☮️🇺🇦🎹🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌊🦋
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Tinker Schmitt
@tinkthink.bsky.social
· Aug 25
“Historically speaking, immigration control is one of the least constitutional and most racist realms of governance in U.S. law and life.”
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
#immigration
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
#immigration
Really enjoyed a clandestine meeting in an undisclosed trailer park where our group gave food to around 250 undocumented neighbors, the true working poor.
I assume all you white people still had a nice Thanksgiving?
P.S. We had to do it in secret because you’re super mean to hungry people.
I assume all you white people still had a nice Thanksgiving?
P.S. We had to do it in secret because you’re super mean to hungry people.
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Really enjoyed a clandestine meeting in an undisclosed trailer park where our group gave food to around 250 undocumented neighbors, the true working poor.
I assume all you white people still had a nice Thanksgiving?
P.S. We had to do it in secret because you’re super mean to hungry people.
I assume all you white people still had a nice Thanksgiving?
P.S. We had to do it in secret because you’re super mean to hungry people.
For the 100th time, immigrants, especially the undocumented folk are NOT using your white person societal benefits.
You clutch those, like your pearls.
You clutch those, like your pearls.
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For the 100th time, immigrants, especially the undocumented folk are NOT using your white person societal benefits.
You clutch those, like your pearls.
You clutch those, like your pearls.
“We don’t want these people”.
Donald J. Trump
#immigration
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
Donald J. Trump
#immigration
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“We don’t want these people”.
Donald J. Trump
#immigration
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
Donald J. Trump
#immigration
Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
Pure cruelty-serving no one.
D.H.S. Secretary Recommends New Travel Ban in Wake of Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
D.H.S. Secretary Recommends New Travel Ban in Wake of Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
D.H.S. Secretary Recommends New Travel Ban in Wake of Shooting
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Pure cruelty-serving no one.
D.H.S. Secretary Recommends New Travel Ban in Wake of Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
D.H.S. Secretary Recommends New Travel Ban in Wake of Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
Highly troubled by DHS use of the Nazi far right term #remigration
The history of this involved people dying in cattle cars, concentration camps, and gas chambers.
The history of this involved people dying in cattle cars, concentration camps, and gas chambers.
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Highly troubled by DHS use of the Nazi far right term #remigration
The history of this involved people dying in cattle cars, concentration camps, and gas chambers.
The history of this involved people dying in cattle cars, concentration camps, and gas chambers.
We have to continue to protect our neighbors. #immigrants
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We have to continue to protect our neighbors. #immigrants
Franklin Roosevelt knew what he was talking about.
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Franklin Roosevelt knew what he was talking about.
Thank you, Mark Kelly.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Thank you, Mark Kelly.
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Hang on, a pause is by definition temporary. Permanent is the opposite of temporary. “Permanent pause” is an oxymoron, a contradiction. If you want to be president of the US, don’t you think you should learn English, @realDonaldTrump ?
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hang on, a pause is by definition temporary. Permanent is the opposite of temporary. “Permanent pause” is an oxymoron, a contradiction. If you want to be president of the US, don’t you think you should learn English, @realDonaldTrump ?
Does anyone else hate the word “patriots” as it is used in politics? It dosen’t apply to anybody or really anything I ever think about.
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Does anyone else hate the word “patriots” as it is used in politics? It dosen’t apply to anybody or really anything I ever think about.
I love this phrase so much-I have it embroidered and framed in my home.
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I love this phrase so much-I have it embroidered and framed in my home.
An immigration statute passed by Congress in 1986 allows a spouse who entered the country lawfully to be eligible for a green card through marriage even if the person’s visa has expired.
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
An immigration statute passed by Congress in 1986 allows a spouse who entered the country lawfully to be eligible for a green card through marriage even if the person’s visa has expired.
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
My friends are safe here in the USA. They are legal, they have papers, they have jobs. They pay taxes. There is nothing in Haiti for them. Nothing. It is so cruel.
“Such a travesty.” Advocates for Haiti blast Trump administration’s move to end TPS
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
“Such a travesty.” Advocates for Haiti blast Trump administration’s move to end TPS
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
‘Such a travesty.” Advocates for Haiti blast Trump administration’s move to end TPS
Criticism of the Trump administration move to end TPS for Haitians poured in from Miami-Dade elected leaders to international groups.
www.miamiherald.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My friends are safe here in the USA. They are legal, they have papers, they have jobs. They pay taxes. There is nothing in Haiti for them. Nothing. It is so cruel.
“Such a travesty.” Advocates for Haiti blast Trump administration’s move to end TPS
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
“Such a travesty.” Advocates for Haiti blast Trump administration’s move to end TPS
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
God Almighty! There is not one safe thing about Haiti. The PAP airport is closed. Cap Haitien is bursting at the seams., already.
None of this makes sense.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
None of this makes sense.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The decision could affect more than a half million Haitians living in the U.S.
www.miamiherald.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
God Almighty! There is not one safe thing about Haiti. The PAP airport is closed. Cap Haitien is bursting at the seams., already.
None of this makes sense.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
None of this makes sense.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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It’s just a disorganized violent sweep of communities-a failed dragnet.
Having it happen in my community last week was dreadful.
Support your immigrant neighbors.
It’s just a disorganized violent sweep of communities-a failed dragnet.
Having it happen in my community last week was dreadful.
Support your immigrant neighbors.
One-third of those arrested by Border Patrol in Charlotte were classified as criminals, internal document says
Fewer than one-third of those arrested by Border Patrol during the recent immigration crackdown in Charlotte were classified as criminals, a government document says.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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It’s just a disorganized violent sweep of communities-a failed dragnet.
Having it happen in my community last week was dreadful.
Support your immigrant neighbors.
It’s just a disorganized violent sweep of communities-a failed dragnet.
Having it happen in my community last week was dreadful.
Support your immigrant neighbors.
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Manny is an 18-year-old U.S. citizen from North Carolina.
On November 19, 2025, masked, armed ICE agents harassed and detained him while he slept in his work truck - even though he'd done nothing wrong.
On November 19, 2025, masked, armed ICE agents harassed and detained him while he slept in his work truck - even though he'd done nothing wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Manny is an 18-year-old U.S. citizen from North Carolina.
On November 19, 2025, masked, armed ICE agents harassed and detained him while he slept in his work truck - even though he'd done nothing wrong.
On November 19, 2025, masked, armed ICE agents harassed and detained him while he slept in his work truck - even though he'd done nothing wrong.
Reposted by Tinker Schmitt
Reposted by Tinker Schmitt
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Dear ICE,
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dear ICE,
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
Thanks for exhausting my church’s pastoral team-forcing them to run to schools and ICE sightings all over town during the week.
We are already co-running a 7 day a week overnite shelter for the unhoused. It’s at capacity because it’s cold out.
Where is your compassion?
This is the first time ICE has been sent to a state with a Trump backed Republican governor. Six percent of the population of New Orleans are immigrants.
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
In New Orleans, immigrants are staying home and hiding out as city braces for Border Patrol operation | CNN
In New Orleans, people are used to having their resilience tested.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is the first time ICE has been sent to a state with a Trump backed Republican governor. Six percent of the population of New Orleans are immigrants.
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
New Orleans, LA had a lot more warning to prepare for ICE than Charlotte, NC & the Triangle.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
This NC dragnet of ICE is a group of utter fools on a despot’s errand.
indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
‘They Basically Just Kidnapped Me’: US Citizen Taken by Border Patrol in Cary
This article originally published online at NC Newsline. The first thing they asked Fernando Vazquez was “Where are you from?” When two unmarked SUVs full of Border Patrol agents arrived Tuesday at th...
indyweek.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This NC dragnet of ICE is a group of utter fools on a despot’s errand.
indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
indyweek.com/news/wake/th...
