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

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    1009 points n1b0m | 14 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.424s | source | bottom
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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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    apples_oranges ◴[19 Mar 25 12:50 UTC] No.43411171[source]▶
    I wonder why agents in the field, customs, immigration etc, seem so eager to implement these changes.
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    1. pjc50 ◴[19 Mar 25 12:53 UTC] No.43411217[source]▶
    Rhetorical question, or are you genuinely asking?
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    2. apples_oranges ◴[19 Mar 25 12:57 UTC] No.43411278[source]▶
    Genuinely. Are they all Trump fans that say "finally we can do what we always wanted to do" or what?

    I mean there's the law or some executive order but there's also leeway in implementing. I am not qualified to judge but it just seems to be some sort of preemptive obedience.

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    3. d3nj4l ◴[19 Mar 25 13:05 UTC] No.43411377[source]▶
    > Genuinely. Are they all Trump fans that say "finally we can do what we always wanted to do" or what?

    Yes. It's trivial to tell if you're not a citizen and go through customs.

    4. exe34 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:07 UTC] No.43411393[source]▶
    I get the impression that a lot of school bullies get into law enforcement. they don't have the skills/credentials to do anything else and they have the streak of cruelty that you need to fit in.
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    5. blindriver ◴[19 Mar 25 13:07 UTC] No.43411394[source]▶
    Obama deported more people than any president in history.
    6. MisterTea ◴[19 Mar 25 14:51 UTC] No.43412773{3}[source]▶
    I knew a guy in my early 20's, not white, who wanted to be a cop. Once he told me "If I have a bad day, everyone gonna have a bad day." I dont talk to him anymore because he became a cop and turned into a fucking asshole.
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    7. juujian ◴[19 Mar 25 15:13 UTC] No.43413075[source]▶
    I wonder why they chose to work for ICE...
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    8. toomuchtodo ◴[19 Mar 25 15:20 UTC] No.43413182[source]▶
    Position of authority and power.
    9. cratermoon ◴[19 Mar 25 15:21 UTC] No.43413202{4}[source]▶
    ACAB
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    10. genewitch ◴[19 Mar 25 15:39 UTC] No.43413462{5}[source]▶
    "The bishop's smile, a gilded, hollow thing, hides taxman's greed, and whispers of the king; the knight's sworn oath, a rusted, broken chain, while village elders plot for whispered, selfish gain; no judge's word, nor lord's decree rings true, in thirteen twelve, what's left for us to do?"
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    11. AlecSchueler ◴[19 Mar 25 16:13 UTC] No.43413937[source]▶
    Many of them didn't, the right to act as ICE was extended beyond the service itself through executive order.
    12. projectazorian ◴[19 Mar 25 17:07 UTC] No.43414618[source]▶
    ICE is often the employer of last resort for wannabe cops who can't get jobs at other agencies due to low IQ, poor physical fitness, criminal history, misconduct, etc.
    13. MisterTea ◴[19 Mar 25 21:01 UTC] No.43417292{6}[source]▶
    Where is this quoted from?
    14. cratermoon ◴[21 Mar 25 13:28 UTC] No.43435431{6}[source]▶
    1312!