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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: 1.266s | 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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1. codexb ◴[19 Mar 25 16:01 UTC] No.43413749[source]▶
The San Diego port of entry is the busiest land border crossing in the western hemisphere. The takeaway here should be that the resources to handle immigration along the southern border are insufficient.
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2. TheCoelacanth ◴[19 Mar 25 17:17 UTC] No.43414756[source]▶
Imprisoning someone takes far more resources than any other way of handling them, so I don't see how lack of resources can be blamed here.
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3. codexb ◴[20 Mar 25 01:44 UTC] No.43419170[source]▶
If you’re deporting someone, they have to be in custody. They have to deport her to Canada, not Mexico. They likely deal with many other countries and have to arrange for transportation back to all those countries.

I don’t think anyone would have a problem if she was processed promptly and quickly deported or if the confinement accommodations were nicer. That’s purely a resources problem.

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4. defrost ◴[20 Mar 25 01:52 UTC] No.43419218{3}[source]▶
> They have to deport her to Canada, not Mexico.

In theory and past practice, perhaps.

Currently the USofA is comfortable deporting Venezuelans to El Salvador with no trial or other due process.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz032xjyyzyo

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5. codexb ◴[20 Mar 25 02:35 UTC] No.43419414{4}[source]▶
Venezuela has historically not cooperated with deportations. They also actively send their criminals to the US.