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NZ woman Sarah Shaw and six-year-old son detained by US immigration (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 days ago by BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Apparently this happened three weeks ago and the news is just coming out now. Winston Peters as usual has no idea what is happening and is too busy licking Trump's boots to actually say or do anything.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah. I'm just talking about his character on a personal level, not about the danger he represents on a factual level. Other people who have much stronger character set up solid systems which are terrifyingly effective, and now this brain damaged child is in charge of a lot of them. It's not a good situation.