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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: 0.644s | 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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qoez ◴[19 Mar 25 15:16 UTC] No.43413123[source]▶
As a non american: America can get away with a lot more than this and still be an attractive place to try to move to. SF and many other places offer job opportunities the EU can't, and despite this and much more pain of trying to work there it's still worth it.
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diggan ◴[19 Mar 25 15:18 UTC] No.43413161[source]▶
> SF and many other places offer job opportunities the EU can't,

Besides a job that just pays more money, what sort of unique opportunities exists in the US that doesn't exist anywhere in Europe? Genuinely curious, as I can't seem to think of any on my own.

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1. LPisGood ◴[19 Mar 25 15:30 UTC] No.43413336[source]▶
Lots of the best colleges in the world are in USA. That’s not to say some aren’t in the EU, but by numbers USA has Europe thoroughly outclassed.
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2. diggan ◴[19 Mar 25 15:33 UTC] No.43413381[source]▶
Judging by the "intellectual purge" that just started, I'm not sure working as a professor at a college (world class or not) is such a great job opportunity. But I'm not close to academia at all, so maybe I'm wrong.
3. disgruntledphd2 ◴[19 Mar 25 15:46 UTC] No.43413538[source]▶
It's important to note that basically all university rankings are massively, massively skewed by the native English speaking countries.

Additionally, lots of UK and US universities have huge endowments which definitely helps.

That's not to say that there aren't great Universities there, but really international students go to the US (and some of the EU) so that they have a better chance of working there post study.

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4. LPisGood ◴[21 Mar 25 13:41 UTC] No.43435598[source]▶
“They come to US so they have a better chance of working in US” seems like it isn’t a counter point.