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[Bob A’fette @fette_a]

I’m a proud Albertan, and I don’t support what is happening here.

I no longer vote conservative. Many people I know who did support Smith no longer do.

#ForeverCanadian
#LeaveOurPublicHealthcareAlone

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: ICE just tried to deport this woman, but there was just one problem — she was Native American.

You read that right: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — the agency supposedly tasked with deporting undocumented immigrants — just tried to deport an Indigenous woman whose ancestors have been here for thousands of years.

Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of Arizona’s Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, was born in Phoenix — but that didn’t stop ICE from trying to ship her “back” to a country she doesn’t even belong to.
Here’s how this jaw-dropping injustice unfolded: Jacobo was sitting in a Polk County, Iowa jail after being booked for allegedly driving with a suspended license — nothing violent, nothing serious.
Her mother, Ericka Burns, was preparing to pick her up and bring her home when jail staff dropped a bombshell: “She’s not being released. ICE is coming to deport her.”

Her mom was stunned. “How can you deport her?” she asked. “She’s Native American!”
But the jail staff shrugged it off. They said they were “just holding her” for ICE. No one — not a single person — could explain how or why this was happening.

Jacobo’s family went into overdrive — calling, emailing, begging officials to stop what was about to become one of the most shameful bureaucratic blunders in modern history. They reached out to tribal leaders, shared pleas on Facebook, and even showed up at the jail with her birth certificate to prove she’s an American citizen.

And still, officials hesitated. Hours ticked by while ICE prepared to take her.

Finally, after an agonizing all-night standoff, she was released around 4:30 a.m. — barely.
And what’s ICE’s excuse? A “clerical error.”
Lt. Mark Chance from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office casually dismissed it as “human error.” Just a little mix-up, they said. The detainer was meant for someone else, and they just happened to attach it to the file of a Native American woman born on U.S. soil.

“We’ll have some meetings about it,” Chance said. “This is silly.”
Silly? This wasn’t “silly.” This was an attempted deportation of a woman whose people are the original inhabitants of this land, by a government agency that has no idea whose land it’s even on.

Let that sink in: the United States government almost deported an Indigenous woman from her own country.
This is what happens when an agency like ICE is given unchecked power — where “clerical errors” can destroy lives, and where systemic racism and dehumanization are written into the paperwork. If her family hadn’t fought like hell, Leticia Jacobo could have been vanished into ICE custody — another name lost in a broken, brutal system.

It’s time to abolish this corrupt and incompetent agency that can’t even tell the difference between an immigrant and an Indigenous citizen.
Because if ICE can come for Native Americans, they can come for anyone.

Please like and share if you’re as outraged by this as we are!

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

Always listen to her words very carefully. She’s going to let Albertans gather signatures and when it’s clear there are enough recalls to threaten her government, she’ll shut them down. Mark my words. But Albertans should not be deterred. Force her to show her true colours.

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Meanwhile in #YYC, just off the Deerfoot…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Greg Carabine @GCarabine]

@Sadiesam42 The students should be fired?

That's not how anything works.

[Greg Carabine @GCarabine]

You've been lied to.

Teachers were not involved in the student protest.

[Greg Carabine @GCarabine]

.@demetriosnAB @Alberta_UCP
@ABDanielleSmith @NateHornerAB
Did you even read the legislation that you forced upon teachers?

The hiring of 3000 teachers isn't optional, it's in the collective agreement you imposed on teachers.
#abpoli #abed

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#Ableg

Unemployment by Canadian City:

Halifax: 6.2%
Quebec City: 4.5%
Ottawa: 6.1%
Winnipeg: 5.9%
Regina: 5.8%
Victoria: 4.4%

#YEG: 8:1%
#YYC: 8.4%
North AB: 10.7%

This is NOT Trudeau hurting Canada
This is Smith IGNORING Alberta

Smith’s choices are hurting Albertans.

[AB against UCP @AB_AgainstUCP]

Fuck Smith, fuck the UCP. And fuck you to everyone who voted for them.

What they are about to do today is abhorrent, undemocratic, and despicable.

Stand with Teachers. General strike
#ableg #Abpoli

[Ms. Lutzmann @MsLutzmann]

Demetrios Nicolaides had kindly provided a list of communities in Calgary-Bow, and a map. If you live in this area and you are an eligible voter, visit one of the locations below to sign the recall petition! #yyc #calgary #abpoli #abed

[Allison McCaffrey - VP, Alberta Teachers’ Assoc. @allimc456]

Send the government back to work! Tell you MLA to Vote "NO" on Bill 2. Teachers are worth it...our students are worth it.

https://t.co/FHUj2Ozc9p

[HSAA - Union of Health-Care Professionals @HSAAlberta]

The government’s back-to-work legislation isn’t just about classrooms, it’s about weakening workers’ power to stand up for fair treatment and strong public services. HSAA stands with teachers, students, and all Albertans fighting for respect. #Red4Ed | @albertateachers

[ABCAN 🇨🇦 Forward - Together #abprotests @ABCanForward]

#Abteachersstrike #Ableg

[jolyne @jolyne1987]

@ABDanielleSmith Yes, Alberta will stand its ground.
#FundPublicEducation #recalldaniellesmith #Red4Ed
#DOBETTERDANIELLE

[Cathy Campbell @ccampbel14]

Just in case you wondered what I have been doing lately...not working because of a teacher strike in our province. It is so tough in many ways & I'm sad that we've gotten to this point but I'm hopeful that things are resolved soon to get students back in schools to learn. #Red4Ed

[👻Haunted by Danielle Smith, AB’s Premier Janine👻 @JanineRutledge]

Teachers want all students of Alberta to have access to quality education. #abpoli #abed #ableg #ucpunfittolead

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

In an emergency meeting tonight, the leaders of almost all of Alberta’s public and private unions unanimously agreed to send a message to Premier Danielle Smith, warning her not to use the Notwithstanding Clause against striking teachers. See full text of the statement below 💥👇

[ABResistance @AB_Resistance]

Our future depends on young people. We want them to succeed, but we do not support their education and development. Some will say that Alberta students are still performing well; we must be doing something right. But our teachers are saying they can't sustain it. #AlbertaTeachers

[Glenn Finockio @gfinockio]

The crowd in Calgary is:

1) Big.
2) Angry.

Me. @ABDanielleSmith - you done fucked up.

#ableg #abed #cdnpoli