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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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What was wrong with Harris?

Extremist positions on trans issues. To quote Sam Harris: "Congratulations, Democrats. You have found the most annoying thing in the fucking galaxy and hung it around your necks."[1] [1] https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-reckoning

I don't think that leaving trans people alone is extremist.

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

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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…

Was due to go to meet our new local hires post April. Standard ESTA. No way I'm going now.

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

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Reminds me of doing civil disobedience -- you write your attorney's phone number on your arm beforehand.

> your attorney's phone Right, people have attorneys. Very common thing ... nowhere?

Nobody does civil disobedience by themselves: you do it as a group and yes the group better find an attorney beforehand …

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

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was wrong with Harris?

Extremist positions on trans issues. To quote Sam Harris: "Congratulations, Democrats. You have found the most annoying thing in the fucking galaxy and hung it around your necks."[1] [1] https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-reckoning

And that impacts you on a daily basis exactly how? Think long and hard about why that would even begin to bother you. Not to mention is was barely a passing side issue for Harris

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Extremist positions on trans issues. To quote Sam Harris: "Congratulations, Democrats. You have found the most annoying thing in the fucking galaxy and hung it around your necks."[1] [1] https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-reckoning

Harris said almost nothing about trans issues during the election. You're attempting to rewrite history if you're claiming it was somehow a core tenant of her campaign. That was entirely propaganda by the opposing party.

Are voters only supposed to limit their votes about things candidates say during the election? If so does that mean voting against Trump for Jan 6 insurrection was wrong? Or can voters vote against Harris because of policies she has endorsed before the election?

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

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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.

What would that help? Asking as a EU citizen.

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

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What was wrong with Harris?

She lost her own primary should be enough.

Given how much disadvantage being an incumbent was the last cycle across the globe I think she actually would've won in say 2016 but an incumbent candidate was not the one to run in 2024.

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

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Yes. This is the reality of how it is. It’s unfair that this woman was caught in this but CBP have ultimate power crossing the border can be scary. My friend got her visa stripped and given a 10 year ban under Obama because of jokes in her text messages about a GC marriage. She didn’t get thrown in jail but she was refused entry back into the US and had to get someone to sell all her stuff while she flew back to her…

> Someone I know is from Australia and she said if you overstay your visa they track you down, arrest you and send you to jails outside of Australia mainland until you are eventually deported. Every country treats their border extremely strictly. Honestly, this kind of abusive approach is predominant among certain of the major anglophone countries only, at least within the world of fully developed democratic countrie…

> I do frequently read news in three languages plus a fourth occasionally

Impressive. Can you speak or understand by listening these languages as well? And if I may ask out of curiosity, which languages are they?

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