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

    (www.theguardian.com)
    1009 points n1b0m | 11 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.711s | source | bottom
    1. danso ◴[19 Mar 25 12:36 UTC] No.43411044[source]▶
    > A woman asked me for the name of someone they could contact on my behalf. In moments like this, you realize you don’t actually know anyone’s phone number anymore. By some miracle, I had recently memorized my best friend Britt’s number because I had been putting my grocery points on her account.

    I definitely would be screwed in this situation. Time to remember by sibling’s number

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    2. elicash ◴[19 Mar 25 12:38 UTC] No.43411063[source]▶
    Reminds me of doing civil disobedience -- you write your attorney's phone number on your arm beforehand.
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    3. betaby ◴[19 Mar 25 12:46 UTC] No.43411127[source]▶
    > your attorney's phone

    Right, people have attorneys. Very common thing ... nowhere?

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    4. littlestymaar ◴[19 Mar 25 12:54 UTC] No.43411236{3}[source]▶
    Nobody does civil disobedience by themselves: you do it as a group and yes the group better find an attorney beforehand …
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    5. betaby ◴[19 Mar 25 12:59 UTC] No.43411309{4}[source]▶
    The article about a person crossing the border. Are they supposed to have an attorney in the destination country?
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    6. elicash ◴[19 Mar 25 13:01 UTC] No.43411335{5}[source]▶
    I was simply sharing an anecdote about how we don't remember phone numbers anymore, in reply to someone sharing they didn't know their sibling's number. You're reading more into my comment than was stated or intended.

    To read me as somehow condemning the woman in the original story seems pretty willfully bad faith.

    7. pm3003 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:15 UTC] No.43411507[source]▶
    Consulates can sometimes provide emergency lawyer services. Assuming you're from a first-world country.
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    8. 01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[19 Mar 25 13:18 UTC] No.43411542{3}[source]▶
    You _should_.

    [Lawyer, Passport, Locksmith, Gun by DeviantOllam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ihrGNGesfI)

    9. diggan ◴[19 Mar 25 13:42 UTC] No.43411875{3}[source]▶
    I feel like remembering the phone number of a consulate is less useful than remembering the number of your spouse/partner/close friend, for various scenarios.
    10. motorest ◴[19 Mar 25 16:46 UTC] No.43414369{3}[source]▶
    > Right, people have attorneys. Very common thing ... nowhere?

    By the number of people asserting that this sort of abusive from border patrol agents runs rampant and people just need to be ok with being deported when trying to lawfully enter the US, what leads you to believe that lawyering up in preparation to enter the US is unheard of?

    11. johnnyanmac ◴[20 Mar 25 11:21 UTC] No.43421747{5}[source]▶
    >Are they supposed to have an attorney in the destination country?

    in this case, this one did, yes. It seems like this will be more common after this incident.