Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

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ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Normally if someone enters on a wrong visa, they get informed and sent back (often at their own expense). She was willing to do so once she figured out her mistake, but instead she was thrown in prison for weeks for no real identifiable purpose. She was treated like a criminal who tried to purposefully illegally enter, whereas she just made a mistake on her visa. Her devices were confiscated too so she couldn’t really make contact with friends or family for help.

And if this happens to someone making a mistake, it can happen to someone where border patrol makes a mistake. Fuck that, if that’s how y’all want to treat your guests, I ain’t visiting.

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