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wat10000 on March 11, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 ...

They keep people locked up for six months before sending them home?

decimalenough on March 11, 2025 [–]

There are plenty of people who have spent years in immigration detention in places like Thailand and the Philippines because they can't afford the cost of the flight out, and they can't earn the money because they're stuck in detention.

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