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I know a Canadian who was deported 3 weeks ago, got caught flying back and forth between SF and Vancouver. Same process, put in a holding cell, 17 hours later shackled and escorted to a air canada flight, DHS person waited at the front of the plane till the door was closed.

Not sure the Americans can be much more explicit these days, they want their processes followed and they're not tolerating skirting them, Canadian, British or anyone.

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So the Canadien was deported for illegally being in the USA, got caught and deported, and then got caught again for illegally entering the USA again?

Why would you not expect to be detained? The slap on the wrist was the first deportation.

She flew into the states (I'm not sure what city she originated from), got taken into inspection, they pulled up her in and out records and asked why she had been going in and out once a month, who she was visiting, who her fiends are etc, and then presented her with her linkedin profile, said she is going down to the American company to work, and then deported her, she was given zero opportunity to provide explanation etc.

I'd expect the same treatment in any other country. If you break the law and get deported, they are not going to let you walk around freely anymore. Maybe she expected special treatment?

It's an obvious and egregious overreaction to the lack of enforcement we've seen here for decades now. The pendulum has certainly swung. Ostensibly too far. Not sure why it all has to be so dramatic.

Would imagine most sensible people support enforcing immigration policy and would agree that this hasn't been done for a long time now but obviously "shackles" is ridiculous.

The status quo (including lack of enforcement) was good for the country for decades. We look the other way a little to get cheap or highly skilled labor, we get to maintain some soft power as the "land of opportunity", we collect a ton of tax money from people who won't won't nearly take out as much and we get a population who, on the whole, commits less crime than the average American.

Additionally, politicians get to draw some line in the sand to fight over, but do little about.

It has to be dramatic so the administration can scare people into submission and test the waters to see what they can get away. We are failing this test.

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