I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
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I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
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Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
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Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#3This is horrible and scary, why border guards are even giving the authority to revoke visas is beyond me. When people think about giving cops/guards authority like this they need to be picturing the dumbest bully from their grade school. That's who is going to be using the power
Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#4My takeaway from this is that laws and rules don't matter if the officials on the ground are incompetent, ignorant, and have contempt for you.
There is a lot of unnecessary cruelty and lack of due process in this story.
Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#5I suspect they are under pressure to juke their stats and they could get a gold star for "deporting" her.
Ergo "you aren't a criminal. Come with me. You're being deported."
Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#6Yea that's scary. I was in a similar situation, but thankfully they just interrogated me for 5 hours and then sent me back to Canada.
My name was marked from that point, so everytime I re-entered US I had to get pulled into secondary.
Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#7So why does it take to weeks to deport a Canadian to Canada?
Are those detainment cells privately owned?
Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#8This country is sick in the head. We actively eschew healthcare for temporary satisfaction that we are locking some minority group up. Then the defense spend lobby comes back around riling people up so that they can make money and people can have temporary satisfaction that they are safe.
Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#9So why does it take to weeks to deport a Canadian to Canada? Are those detainment cells privately owned?
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Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks
#10So why does it take to weeks to deport a Canadian to Canada? Are those detainment cells privately owned?
> Are those detainment cells privately owned?
Yes; it's a billion dollar business.