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

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205 points n1b0m | 1 comments | 10 Mar 25 18:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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decimalenough ◴[10 Mar 25 19:58 UTC] No.43325298[source]▶
If she is on a "four-month backpacking trip around North America" and tried to return to the US, she has exceeded the 90-day limit allowed by the Visa Waiver Program (which counts days both in the US and "adjacent territories") and is now an illegal overstayer. The unpaid labor stuff and getting refused entry to Canada is icing on the cake.

For the record, I'm no fan of ICE/CBP, but it looks like they're just enforcing the law here.

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viraptor ◴[10 Mar 25 20:10 UTC] No.43325471[source]▶
Enforcing the law is one thing. If they refused entry or forced her to fly back immediately, nobody would care much. Detaining is all of: cruel, expensive, unnecessary.
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anigbrowl ◴[10 Mar 25 22:56 UTC] No.43327083[source]▶
Probably profitable though. A lot of those immigration detention centers are privately operated.
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1. _DeadFred_ ◴[10 Mar 25 23:03 UTC] No.43327151[source]▶
Tacoma Northwest is a private 'detention center'.