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The german cases are true and there is nothing you can say that would justify putting people in prison for multiple days without their relatives knowing what’s happening.

There is also no evidence of them of any wrongdoing. Just claims by the ICE.

There is also no evidence that there isn't any wrongdoing, just media running with whatever the relatives claim for clicks.

The fact that the current administration and its supporters have managed to categorize The Guardian in this manner speaks volumes about their goals wrt any media that attempts to hold them to account.

> This is just activist extremism. There’s no threat to anyone’s safety. The US is perfectly safe to visit.

Except the link you're responding to is literally linking to reports of threats to safety.

> Activists who are in opposition to the US presidency are overreacting to a few lone cases of people being detained at borders without knowing the details of those situations.

We know more than enough to point out that it shouldn't have happened at all. Even without those incidents, the previous concentration camps are not acceptable.

> Three of the stories linked are from the guardian, a far left publication that has been attacking the Trump administration.

The Guardian is a centre-left outlet, not a far-left outlet. Also, other outlets across the political bias spectrum are reporting the same thing so your comment here is boiling down to ignoring the message and attacking the messenger.

> All of the stories lack details and evidence of wrongdoing. So this just looks like hysteria and manufactured outrage.

You mean, except for the details, and the evidence of wrongdoing?

> Except the link you're responding to is literally linking to reports of threats to safety.

Typically when you break laws in a country, for example violating the terms of a visa, you face consequences. For everyone else, there’s no issue. But none of this is a “threat to safety”. Again, this is activist hyperbole.

> We know more than enough to point out that it shouldn't have happened at all.

You don’t know any real details. You just have vague claims from individuals that likely were breaking the law, and partisan news media amplifying their claims with zero investigation. There is no evidence of why these people were questioned or detained. We know at least a couple of the cases involve explicitly violating immigration law - visa overstays, attempts to cross the border after a denial, working while on a travel visa, etc.

> The Guardian is a centre-left outlet, not a far-left outlet.

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

AllSides correctly lists The Guardian as 'Left'. By adding 'far' to your characterization I can only assume you wish to advertise your own biases and / or denigrate the publication. It is a reputable newspaper with a long history of journalism awards - an appropriate example being this: https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2023/jun/23/gua...

Left on all sides is far left. It’s as left as their categorization goes. Unless you also agree that breitbart is not far right just because it is classified as right.

I do agree. AllSides does not reference 'far' on any of their ratings [1] and I see no value in introducing it as a pejorative term.

[1] https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/ratings

You're telling me The Guardian is a communist publication centered around the dismantling of capitalism? If not, then it's not "far-left."

Calling the Guardian "far left" shows your biases and where the Overton window is in the US now.

The rest of the world is basically telling the US to fuck off.

You'll get the message eventually, when it will be too late.

Good luck on making it to your 250th birthday as a republic, let alone a democracy.

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