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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca -5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn’t the Australia one for a legitimate reason though? They messed up and admitted they were traveling to tattoo someone on a tourist visa.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You know, rounding tourists up into detention centers because they brought their work phone on their vacation is not normal behavior. Even if you want to deport them, fine - it's your country, but detaining is not just a bit over the top.

Let them figure out where to stay and how to get home as soon as possible, then deny entry in the futre. Like a normal country that doesn't get off on "tough" rhetoric.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They didn’t just bring their work phone, they admitted to an immigration officer they planned on performing a job in the United States. Also, other countries will detain you pending deportation as well. The US is unique because of the number of deportations and the speed they are building new facilities to deport people.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You do realize that it's not just a single tourist who's been detained in the US right? Did you forget this one? You can go find more as well.

And no, it is not normal to detain pending deportation unless there are specific risks with the person in question, for example if you've committed an actual crime or if you're likely to not leave voluntarily.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

If memory serves that was a German Tattoo artist. The Australian was deported for being pro-Palestinian.