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I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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Post by fads_go »

rayiner wrote: post #165
drumhead wrote: post #22

If the objective is to scare people off from going to the USA, then they're doing a magnificent job. I've heard other cases of people with green cards being arrested and put in terrible conditions, with absolutely no reason given. This woman was ready to go back home and not enter the US, but instead she was dragged through hell and only released because she was Canadian. All those with different passports get subjec…

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Yes, they should be afraid, just like it says at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty.

rayiner, I'm wondering if your bloodline is 100% native american, because otherwise it seems like the person you are afraid of is yourself.

Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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Post by gadders »

hobs wrote: post #344
gadders wrote: post #295

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I have worked with (born male) non-binary people who alternate between wearing male and female clothes. I have seen them enter the female toilets, and win awards for women. But tbh, this is a daft question. It's like saying you can't have a policy position on gun control unless someone has shot at you.

Dang you saw a trans person? How many trans people are the equivalent of a loaded weapon? Because that's the completely bonkers question that somehow is being equivocated here - that someone wearing different clothes or identifying differently is a potential harm just waiting to get you... how exactly? Did you deserve the woman only award? Would you assume that identity to get that award? Are you saying that people d…

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Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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Post by Etheryte »

9rx wrote: post #393
Etheryte wrote: post #138

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This sounds odd, how does someone even have 140-160 relatives who are alive?

Depends on what you consider related, but that's about how many I'd expect to show up at a family reunion.

Assuming four generations attend, that would work out to over four kids per couple. Older generations often had a lot of kids, but that still sounds like a pretty high number to me.

First gen: 1 person, plus 1 spouse, for 2 people.

Second gen: 4 children of the 1st gen, plus 4 spouses, for 8 additional people.

Third gen: 16 children of the 2nd gen, plus 16 spouses, for 32 additional people.

Fourth gen: 64 young children, no spouses.

Adds up to 106 people in total. For 140-160 people, that would be even more children per couple. Unless I mixed the numbers up somewhere, that sounds like a lot of kids, no?

Re: I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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Post by gadders »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #395
gadders wrote: post #295

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I have worked with (born male) non-binary people who alternate between wearing male and female clothes. I have seen them enter the female toilets, and win awards for women. But tbh, this is a daft question. It's like saying you can't have a policy position on gun control unless someone has shot at you.

> who alternate between wearing male and female clothes Does a woman in a t-shirt and jeans also cause you great emotional distress? Does it become more if she wore a dress the day before? I'm going to agree with the other person who replied. You're not a serious person.

No emotional distress, but obviously it does for women who have to share toilets and changing rooms with them. That has been well documented and isn't a controversial position, apart from amongst male to female trans people.

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Post by apwell23 »

causal wrote: post #369
transcriptase wrote: post #88

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The specifics are seemingly irrelevant to everyone. She had her work visa revoked at the Canadian border because her company in California was allegedly making THC beverages in violation of federal law. She was told to visit a consulate to straighten it out. Instead she flew to Mexico and tried to enter there with new and obviously fake job offer. She was treated like anyone else would, but it’s international news be…

Disingenuous take, did you even read the article? 1) She was not detained in connection with any crime whatsoever. At no point was her company's use of THC stated as a reason for detainment. 2) You have invented the idea that her second job was fake. If it were, then fraud could have been a crime and reason for detainment- but again, the article makes it clear no crime was charged or cited. 3) You are right that plen…

  After a long interrogation, the officer told me it seemed “shady” and that my visa hadn’t been properly processed. He claimed I also couldn’t work for a company in the US that made use of hemp – one of the beverage ingredients.
i don't know what hemp is or how is related to THC.

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Post by tac19 »

yks wrote: post #355
rgreeko42 wrote: post #326

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Oh, well if DHS says so on X The Everything Site it must be true

In a blink of an eye Americans went from "the government is out there to oppress you" to "if the government says the undisclosed people it snatches from the streets and deports are criminals, it must be true".

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Post by queuebert »

mdp2021 wrote: post #207
queuebert wrote: post #158

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Technically, that's not what the separation clause is about. That was not, however, professional behavior for a nurse, but I see extremely religious nurses on the reg. Much less so with doctors, but then again religiosity is inversely proportional to education.

Superstition can be inversely proportional to education. Cultivation should be proportional to education. That term you used is very slippery (actually, you used it as the opposite of a "superstition" - you gave it only the interpretation typical of later uses).

No, I meant religiosity:

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2017/04/26/in-america-d...

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Post by anthomtb »

Euphorbium wrote: post #38
Gigachad wrote: post #13

Governments need to start putting out travel warnings on the US. It’s becoming an increasingly dangerous place to visit.

And remove visa free travel for americans.

My in-laws only obtained passports in their late 60's. They took one trip to Canada, which was their only international trip, ever. My FIL is quite proud of having never seen the Pacific Ocean. They are also 3-time Trump voters. If they survive the next 3.5 years while rejection of the constitution continues, will likely be 4-time Trump voters.

These are the types of people who 1) support the policies from TFA and 2) will not notice the loss of visa-free travel.

Perhaps your idea isn't to punish the Trump voters, but to galvanize the non-Trump voters?

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Post by TriangleEdge »

I've been issued a five year bar for visiting someone in the US while unemployed. My immigration lawyer told me it's the weakest case he had ever seen. It took two years for the appeal to be approved. I had worked in the US on TN visas twice before, and never overstayed. It felt like they were just trying to meet a quota.

Edit: I had applied for a GC years before this happened, so I think the officer thought I didn't want to leave. This was not the case however. The case had been approved but not processed.

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Post by kcplate »

myko wrote: post #436
kcplate wrote: post #388

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Got it. You disregard the opinions of people who have seen dementia first hand in favor of a DNC talking point. “Don’t trust your lying eyes! Biden is as sharp as a tack”. I know what I saw, and I am sure your dad did too. I spent years as a caregiver to an Alzheimers patient, I may not be a “medical expert” but I am capable of recognizing similarities, especially when they are obvious and frankly common for dementia…

It's kind of humorous reading this and thinking about trump during the same campaign. He looks utterly confused and has no idea what he is talking about all the time, he was a doddering fool during his last administration, and this one he's not at the wheel at all. So it's just funny to think that people looked at the mental capabilities of Harris and trump and decided... yep trump is the guy!!

I didn’t vote for him either. I don’t necessarily see dementia there, but there are quite a few personality traits that I find absolutely abhorrent.
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