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

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1009 points n1b0m | 6 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 2.07s | source | bottom
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BrandoElFollito ◴[19 Mar 25 12:37 UTC] No.43411050[source]▶
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 careful, have a nice trip."

Today I am seriously considering never going to the US anymore because it looks like it is not a good destination anymore. I may be wrong though, I hope.

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1. dhsysusbsjsi ◴[19 Mar 25 12:42 UTC] No.43411095[source]▶
I've already made the decision not to go to the US again for the foreseeable future.
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2. nicbou ◴[19 Mar 25 13:12 UTC] No.43411454[source]▶
Same. The president is repeatedly threatening to annex my country. I was already avoiding the US because TSA is creepy, but now I'm actively divesting from it.
3. greatpatton ◴[19 Mar 25 13:17 UTC] No.43411534[source]▶
Same, will not risk my mental health for a trip to the US.
4. BizarreByte ◴[19 Mar 25 13:44 UTC] No.43411890[source]▶
Same for me as well. I've also gone as far as moving any paying business away from the US. I have completely moved off paid US services as of about a month ago to Canadian or EU equivalents.
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5. dowager_dan99 ◴[19 Mar 25 16:12 UTC] No.43413933[source]▶
I cancelled a vacation to Arizona last month. It makes political AND economic sense. Now I just need a reliable source of winter greens...
6. apwell23 ◴[19 Mar 25 22:25 UTC] No.43417884[source]▶
thank you. curious whats making you so emotional about it though ? why so angry?