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British tourist being held at Tacoma ICE detention center (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
My guess... cab67 Tuesday #1
The Orange Gargoyle... GiqueCee Tuesday #2
I clicked through to watch it on YouTube to see the comments, Do yourself a favor and steelyboo Tuesday #3

cab67

(3,281 posts)
1. My guess...
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 05:36 PM
Tuesday

...is that this young lady and her family got some very bad advice about visas.

That, or they made the assumption a lot of people would make - that "working," in this context, is specifically working for money. She wasn't working for money, so they may not have understood.

Either way, ICE could easily have just sent her home. No reason to detain her.

GiqueCee

(1,906 posts)
2. The Orange Gargoyle...
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 05:40 PM
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... was dissed by King Charles, so, true to petty juvenile form, he probably said, screw over every Brit you can find, no matter how lame the reason may be.
Trump's only a year older than me, but I hope I live long enough to piss on his grave.
Oh, and by the way, why does a British national need a visa to enter Canada, as all Canadians are also British subjects? Something's fishy there...

steelyboo

(403 posts)
3. I clicked through to watch it on YouTube to see the comments, Do yourself a favor and
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 05:53 PM
Tuesday

don't. Mouthbreather Central.

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