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British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue

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205 points n1b0m | 2 comments | 10 Mar 25 18:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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moralestapia ◴[10 Mar 25 19:53 UTC] No.43325216[source]▶
The story is missing an important detail, I'm not assuming malice btw, why was she refused entry into Canada as well?

Edit: Lol, there's literally nothing wrong with this observation. HN has truly gone down the gutter. I know not everybody here is part of the hivemind but the few that are completely spoil the experience for everybody else.

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dredmorbius ◴[10 Mar 25 20:24 UTC] No.43325648[source]▶
She was not detained by Canada's border service.
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1. toast0 ◴[10 Mar 25 20:40 UTC] No.43325825[source]▶
Canada's border service sent her back to the US. At that point, the US can't exactly tell her to go back to Canada, and have her walk back and forth until the problem solves itself.

Immigration detention pending a return to the country of origin seems reasonable at that point. 10 days of detention to figure out transportation to the country of origin doesn't seem reasonable though.

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2. Aloha ◴[10 Mar 25 22:42 UTC] No.43326954[source]▶
> and have her walk back and forth until the problem solves itself.

God I had a memory of Lemmings pop up. Thank you for that, it made me smile.