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

(www.theguardian.com)

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drumhead ◴[19 Mar 25 12:41 UTC] No.43411088[source]▶

If the objective is to scare people off from going to the USA, then they're doing a magnificent job. I've heard other cases of people with green cards being arrested and put in terrible conditions, with absolutely no reason given. This woman was ready to go back home and not enter the US, but instead she was dragged through hell and only released because she was Canadian. All those with different passports get subjected to their own more oppressive and never ending hells, like being deported to a prison camp in Ecuador with no idea when you'd ever be released.

New America is absolutely terrifying.

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1. ssijak ◴[19 Mar 25 12:51 UTC] No.43411190[source]▶

>>43411088 #

Objective is to earn as much money as possible without regard for people. Those detention centers and prisons are privately owned.

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2. danmaz74 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:02 UTC] No.43411337[source]▶

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From the article: "Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts."

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3. toomuchtodo ◴[19 Mar 25 14:43 UTC] No.43412659[source]▶

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https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in...

4. jakelazaroff ◴[19 Mar 25 14:51 UTC] No.43412776[source]▶

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Yeah, it’s basically “drained pool politics”. The threat of extrajudicial imprisonment objectively makes the US a less attractive place for business and will hurt us economically. The current administration simply cares more about resegregating the country and will cut off all our noses to spite our faces.

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5. cratermoon ◴[19 Mar 25 15:20 UTC] No.43413184{4}[source]▶

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> At a certain point the foreigners will turn America into the country they came from.

You say that like it's a bad thing. OH NOES the US will become more democratic and equitable and less racist and hateful

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6. jakelazaroff ◴[19 Mar 25 16:38 UTC] No.43414277{4}[source]▶

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To be clear, this is just unabashed xenophobia; there’s absolutely no basis in fact for what you’re saying.

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7. rayiner ◴[19 Mar 25 17:33 UTC] No.43414977{5}[source]▶

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> OH NOES the US will become more democratic and equitable and less racist and hateful

If those countries are “more democratic and equitable and less racist and hateful” then why are people coming here?

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