'Help us': Hundreds deported from US held in Panama hotel

OMG, OP, thank you so much for posting this.

Believe-it-or-not, that's the hotel I stayed in when I went there to apply for my Pensionado Visa back in January. I guess there's no point in me trying to get a reservation there for my next trip at the end of March.

So this is why Sir Orange agreed to leave the Panama Canal alone -- at least, for now. Fuck. And now I feel a bit soured on moving to Panama -- if they're just going to be a pawn for DJT, why even leave here? I mean, I'm feeling like they're "collaborators." I know they only did it to save themselves, but still.

I guess I better get to work on that visa for Ecuador -- or some other Spanish-speaking country I can afford on 27K/yr., assuming we continue to receive Social Security (not Spain -- must have 30K). If anyone has any suggestions...

I'll still get my Panamanian visa (sunk costs and all that). But now I really need a backup plan.

Fuck.

That's a bummer, R1/SL.

I know you had plans to move there, but better you find this out before you move, rather than later.

Well, I had already changed my plans somewhat, because I can't make myself have my dog put down, and she's too old to uproot/travel. I figured I'd just go back to Panama, get the visa, wander around the country a bit to get a feel for where I might want to live, and then hang out at my place here in FL until my dog's infirm enough to put down or it feels imperative that I leave, whichever comes first.

The article posted above is a couple of days old. Apparently, those deportees who have not agreed to be repatriated to their native countries have already been sent to stay in some holding area in the Darien Gap. Probably not good, since that's probably where the people trying to get to the US, the drug smugglers, and the human traffickers are held when they get caught. Just a hunch -- correct me if I'm wrong.

Here's an article from today.

Senior Lesbian, have you considered relocating to Cancún? They're the least homophobic Mexicans due to the gay and lesbian cruise ship industry there.

How can you refuse to be repatriated?

[quote] How can you refuse to be repatriated?

I was wondering about that too.

If the illegals are Iranian, and Iran is willing to accept them back (to be tortured or killed, naturally), then why aren't they sent back to their country of origin?

Same thing with the Chinese.

Why are Iranians and Chinese being sent to Panama?

[quote]Some migrants raise their arms and cross them at the wrists to indicate that they are deprived of their freedom.

When you break the law, you can be deprived of your freedom. Only you're not usually put up in a luxury hotel.

Of fuck off r7

I'm not sure I would call it a "luxury hotel," R7, but it beat the hell out of the Super 8s I usually stay in when I'm riding my motorcycle cross-country. And the breakfast buffet was good and plentiful.

And R4, I actually voted early in 2020 and went to Cancun. If Trump had won that election, I was going to stay there, take the CELTA course in nearby Playa del Carmen, and try to find a job teaching English.

But now, Mexico has changed the passive income level necessary to get a visa. No matter what kind of Mexican visa I'd apply for, I'd need at least $4k/month of passive income to get one. So that's a no go.

It was a nice thought, though.

Imagine being deported to a war-ravaged African shithole that you've never to before?

[quote]27K/yr

27k a year, R1?!?

Just die.

Yours in Christ,

Not to sound too alarmist, but it feels like we're sleepwalking into something horrible.

Migrants are being demonised across the west and people seem increasingly angry about them existing. Many feel they're solely responsible for all the ills of their respective country.

It feels like they're being "othered" to the point that the masses will eventually accept anything horrible happening to them because they don't care about them.

Maybe that's me being "Mary!" I don't know. And no I'm not suggesting all illegal immigrants be welcomed into any country with open arms, but I also feel very uneasy about the direction we seem to be heading in.

It’s definitely happening. Most people who hate immigrants have zero contact with them. The data shows significant societal benefits to immigration, legal or otherwise. It doesn’t matter because some DL New Yorker got pissed seeing people on the sidewalk outside a hotel.