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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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Post by bobalob »

consteval wrote: post #701
bobalob wrote: post #662

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feminists were protesting this way back in the 1970s. Janice Raymond even wrote a popular book about it. Here's a review of her book, from 1979, which lays out many of the same points around this issue as are being discussed today: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/10/archives/male-and-female-...

While these sub-ideologies did exist, they were fringe. This is now a primary issue for conservatives and it has been brought into the zeitgeist and their political platforms. That is different. Most, close to all, conservatives were not considering this in the late 70s. I know you know that.

Not as fringe as you may believe. Raymond's book sold a lot of copies. But more impactfully, radical feminist ideas on this topic and others continued to develop, and became increasingly influential from then to now.

One aspect of this that often isn't considered is how women with shared feminist ideals but differing political backgrounds have been working together across the aisle. As a result, radical feminists on the left have had significant influence on conservative policymakers via these informal collaborations. Look at EO 14168 for example.

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

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Post by tm-infringement »

leereeves wrote: post #560
Tostino wrote: post #546

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I've noticed this a ton lately. So, so many posts completely brigaded. Regardless of if the flag is removed, it can easily stop discussion and visibility of the thread. I emailed Dang about it when I first noticed it happening, and the response... ``` Sorry for the delay in getting back to you—it's been a crazy last few days! Users flagged that one. We can only guess why users flag things, but there have been so many…

[flagged]

This is just tone policing, the comment doesn't contradict those guidelines. I should know them, I do break them all the time!

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

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Post by positr0n »

cutemonster wrote: post #503
mateus1 wrote: post #400

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Musk, Trump and DOGE topics are all being flagged, even if they are relevant… The tech world has blessed this regime.

I don't think 51% of the readers here need to flag something for it to get flagged - maybe more like 5% or 15%? I guess you can conclude that a few percent here likes Trump etc, but far from a majority

I flag some stuff like that because I don't want to read the same political flamewars on HN over and over again, not because I like Trump.

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

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

yimby2001 wrote: post #624
BrandoElFollito wrote: post #12

I traveled to the US (from my country -France- and many others) for 12 years. About a trip every month. The last time was 10 years ago. I never had any problems (outside the horrible behaviour of border officers who show you that you are not welcome). I was stopped once by a policeman when I did an illegal car maneuver (which is tolerated in France), and when he realized I was a tourist with family, he just said, "Be…

You travelled to the US every once a month for 10 years? 10 years ago? and now you’re considering not going back buddy you already stopped coming

No, I took a break with extensive travelling and now that my kids are older I am getting back to that.

Spending money in a country that obviously is not happy to see me is not likely to happen. We went for the rest of the world for now.

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

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Post by leereeves »

tm-infringement wrote: post #742
leereeves wrote: post #560

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This is just tone policing, the comment doesn't contradict those guidelines. I should know them, I do break them all the time!

Sorry, I strongly disagree. Comparing detaining someone for 10 days (for, apparently, a genuine violation of immigration law - self-employment on a TN visa) to killing twenty million people is in no way reasonable, and it's certainly not informative or curious. It's just a snarky ideological barb and a violation of those guidelines.

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

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Post by refurb »

AlecSchueler wrote: post #527
refurb wrote: post #493

Apparently she broke several rules and it’s bordering on fraud. - She worked in LA on a TN that was revoked - She applied for a TN visa at the Canadian border and was denied - She then flew to Mexico to try again at the San Diego border (USCBP can see this and explicitly say not to “crossing shop”) - Her new TN was sponsored by a company she owns for another drinks company she also owns (you can’t self-sponsor a TN v…

So deny her entry and let her airline deal with returning her? Why did she need to be imprisoned? International Law says that if you're denied entry the onus is on your flight carrier to return you, which is a private matter between you and the carrier.

She crossed the land border - there is no airline.

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

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Post by Tostino »

leereeves wrote: post #745
tm-infringement wrote: post #742

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is just tone policing, the comment doesn't contradict those guidelines. I should know them, I do break them all the time!

Sorry, I strongly disagree. Comparing detaining someone for 10 days (for, apparently, a genuine violation of immigration law - self-employment on a TN visa) to killing twenty million people is in no way reasonable, and it's certainly not informative or curious. It's just a snarky ideological barb and a violation of those guidelines.

That ellipsis that you put in my comment really is doing some heavy lifting here. Seems like you ignored everything else I said between those statements. It wasn't about one person being in jail for 10 days at all. I actually didn't mention that because I don't think it's one of the most pressing issues even if it is another example on the pile.

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

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

riizade wrote: post #575
rsanek wrote: post #561

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never experienced this as a us citizen and I travel often. usually it is a polite "welcome home", otherwise it's a bored "ok you're good"

I got a light interrogation as a US citizen. For the record, I have Global Entry, NEXUS, and TSA Pre-Check. I handed the border agent my US passport and the conversation went like this "why are you entering the country?" "I live here" "do you have legal status in the US?" "I'm a citizen, you're holding my passport" "have you ever overstayed a visa in the US in the past?" "I was born here, so no" "do you intend to do…

> I'm a little surprised you've only had positive experiences.

I was talking about the experiences within the country. The border is horrendous, exactly like Russia. Same vibe of "we hate you, kneel before stepping into my country"

For a foreigner, even one that knows the US pretty well, there is a background feeling of "if it goes bad, it will go vey bad". This is mostly because of movies and news like this article but the everyday life was more or less friction free. I did not get into anything serious, though.

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

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Post by CaffeineLD50 »

themaninthedark wrote: post #286
CaffeineLD50 wrote: post #5

I 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."

There are others commenting that she was employed in a business that sold illegal(federal level) drugs(THC). Learning that, the declaration of "you aren't a criminal " seems welcome since they aren't jailing and trying her for distribution or some other bull. I am interested in what the actual deportation order says... i.e. the cause for deportation.

That's possible. Are the feds going after THC/CBD links? Or is it like she was caught trafficking anything?

But good point, maybe that was the pretense for her deportation. A mini Pablo Escobar no doubt.

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