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

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1009 points n1b0m | 5 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.894s | source
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greggyb ◴[19 Mar 25 13:34 UTC] No.43411777[source]▶
Why is this flagged?

First of all, it's about an entrepreneur traveling to the US for a startup, which is directly relevant to a significant proportion of YCombinator founders themselves.

Beyond its direct relevance to the core founding audience of HN, it is not clickbait or wantonly inflammatory, and is clearly of interest to many based on the comment activity and votes.

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1. starkrights ◴[19 Mar 25 16:28 UTC] No.43414139[source]▶
Can you provide a source for the illegal drug claim? I'm having a seriously hard time finding any articles on this subject mentioning drugs at all.
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2. leewr ◴[19 Mar 25 16:29 UTC] No.43414150[source]▶
In that case, a link to the real story would be much appreciated.
3. fourside ◴[19 Mar 25 16:31 UTC] No.43414193[source]▶
Given your concern for accuracy why don’t you provide specifics about what the issues with her side of the story are, or at least a link to an article that does? Because so far you’ve only made vague accusations. What illegal drugs was she selling? The article mentions the company she worked for made a drink with hemp. Is that what you’re referring to?
4. projectazorian ◴[19 Mar 25 16:33 UTC] No.43414215[source]▶
The startup employing her was selling products containing hemp, which used to be illegal but was legalized at the federal level several years ago.
5. motorest ◴[19 Mar 25 16:37 UTC] No.43414262[source]▶
> The article skips she was selling illegal drugs.

You are the only one that comes close to even make that claim. I even bothered to Google results involving Jasmine Mooney and drugs. Zero hits.

Do you have a source or are you just making up stuff?