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

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1009 points n1b0m | 3 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 1.01s | source
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stewx ◴[19 Mar 25 12:34 UTC] No.43411024[source]▶
My takeaway from this is that laws and rules don't matter if the officials on the ground are incompetent, ignorant, and have contempt for you.

There is a lot of unnecessary cruelty and lack of due process in this story.

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gadders[dead post] ◴[19 Mar 25 12:58 UTC] No.43411286[source]▶
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1. mdp2021 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:17 UTC] No.43411535[source]▶
> This incompetence has only happened since

Can we be sure? Do we have stats?

If you look at international press, horror stories happen everywhere, semi-certified (the press from Country C diffident against Country Y will publish if they have a warning piece). The issue is telling the exception from the norm and similar.

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2. gadders ◴[19 Mar 25 14:28 UTC] No.43412474[source]▶
Yes, and exceptions from the norm get extra publicity when it fits a press narrative.
3. sejje ◴[19 Mar 25 15:23 UTC] No.43413235[source]▶
That comment was heavy sarcasm