Post #2643326

2026-02-14 16:25 UTC

I could see he was curious, but I knew he had no interest in lengthy history lessons, so I said, “I can do it in 15 minutes. I can give you a 15-minute history lesson that will explain ICE and our current politics.” “Can I use a timer?” he asked. I said certainly. I prepared the lesson, and my nephew started the timer. For what I told him, click here: https://terikanefield.com/let-my-people-in/

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@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social 2026-02-14 17:30

See what happens when you visit Aunt Teri? https://terikanefield.com/let-my-people-in/

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 2026-02-14 16:30

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social This is extremely helpful, THANK YOU.

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@RnDanger@infosec.exchange 2026-02-14 17:13

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social This link from that post was enlightening as well https://www.kqed.org/news/12002189/over-1-million-were-deported-to-mexico-nearly-100-years-ago-most-of-them-were-u-s-citizens#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20view%20the%20repatriation%20as,to%20send%20them%20to%20Mexico.

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@Pollinators@epicure.social 2026-02-14 18:31

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social Thank you.

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@pg1958@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-02-14 18:37

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social always enjoy your words!

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@samerion@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-14 20:02

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social Fantastic article! Thank you for sharing.

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@hadon@mastodon.social 2026-02-15 08:40

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social An important detail about the 1790 census where it says 80% of the people were from European descent (mostly white protestants). At that time, the United States territory was just the Eastern states up to the Mississippi river. It did not include Florida, Alabama and all the Midwest. Let's not forget that most of those states were colonized by Spanish and French. So, we can say that 2/3 of what's today the US territory was mainly catholic and Spanish and French speakers.

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@joycebell@mas.to 2026-02-15 20:25

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social “The creation of ICE in response to the 2001 terrorist attack is interesting given that border security would not have prevented the attack.” This is a great point!

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@cy@fedicy.us.to 2026-02-17 00:35

I don't believe you're telling the truth. That took me longer than 15 minutes just to read!

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@farah@beige.party 2026-04-24 01:21

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social This is good stuff! I learned more about American history from this than any other sources

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