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Quit it with the fear mongering
by rektomatic 1y ago
Quit it with the fear mongering
- mikepurvis 1y agoIf this white Canadian woman traveling to California can be jailed for two weeks, then it can absolutely happen to anyone: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-det... As a Canadian, I'm refusing to travel to the US right now, despite working remotely for a US-based company. It's not fear mongering, it's real. But my motivation isn't even just fear; staying home or choosing to travel elsewhere (Europe, Asia, Mexico) is standing with my countrymen against a regime that doesn't respect our sovereignty or even its own laws.
- fawkesalbus 1y agoIt can be argued that a lot of this is falling into the slippery slope fallacy. Also the media doesn’t always report the full story. Often the people arrested have some small/medium offense from years ago. Unlikely to happen to legal immigrants.
- mikepurvis 1y agoNonetheless, I will continue to choose to spend my travel dollars elsewhere until the US administration is crystal clear that Canada is a sovereign country, due process is a thing, and vanning people off of street corners (regardless of their skin colour or immigration status) is not the way.
- TheCoelacanth 1y agoMany of them have a small offense that would justify them being turned away from the border, but not an offense that justifies detention.
- fawkesalbus 1y agoThat’s fair. And if they can be turned away from the border, then they can be deported too.
- nailer 1y agoThat sounds like US immigration has always been, during the GW Bush and Obama and Biden administrations.