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Luke Plunkett
@lukeplunkett.com
Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social

Karen Newton, 65, retired admin assistant at a primary school A valid British passport, a tourist visa and no criminal record Handcuffed, shackled and locked up for 6 weeks, mostly sleeping on the floor After trying to leave the US after a trip of a lifetime - @jennykleeman.bsky.social

theguardian.com‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeksKaren Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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DirgeMcB
@drjmcb.bsky.social

As someone who in a different life served two weeks in jail for citizens, I cannot imagine what serving 6 weeks for absolutely nothing feels like. Those places are meant to drive you insane

Leigh :) Stark 🦄
@leighlo.bsky.social

Awful. Just awful. Used to be a relatively safe and easy trip. Now it's a giant risk. I've turned down junkets because they're not worth the risk, and as much as I want to take my girls to Disney and New Orleans, plus where I grew up in Texas, it's just not worth the risk.

DKDevil
@dkdevil.bsky.social

Arrest quotas (among other ”law enforcement” quotas) have never yielded good results anywhere ever. In the history of civilization. That *anyone* thinks to implement them should be a punishable offense.