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

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1009 points n1b0m | 4 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.655s | source
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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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pjc50 ◴[19 Mar 25 12:53 UTC] No.43411217[source]▶
Rhetorical question, or are you genuinely asking?
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1. juujian ◴[19 Mar 25 15:13 UTC] No.43413075[source]▶
I wonder why they chose to work for ICE...
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2. toomuchtodo ◴[19 Mar 25 15:20 UTC] No.43413182[source]▶
Position of authority and power.
3. 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.
4. 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.