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"I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre." (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The following is like something out of a dystopian comedy. "Oh, you have your foot in the US. I'm going to arrest you as your husband watches helplessly..."

There were other tourists, too. Bana, from Romania, was on holiday in Canada and visited Peace Arch park, on the international boundary between the US and Canada. She told Becky she had been taking selfies with her husband when a US border official told her they had strayed into American territory without the right visa and took her into custody.

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Peace Arch Historical State Park – state parks quest #6

Caption - emphasis mine.

By following the various markers, visitors follow the international border, even across the entry road. Park visitors need to keep an eye out for cars, but can otherwise wander on foot between the two countries.

Not anymore!

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 53 points 1 month ago

Nothing screams "freedom" like being in the crosshairs of some hypervigilant ICE psycho's rifle as he imagines pink-misting you and your husband for sightseeing.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

It's like something out of a dystopia~~n comedy~~.

[-] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago

when a US border official told her they had strayed into American territory without the right visa and took her into custody.

Just fucking shove that dork to the ground and run back into kanada

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

So this park/border is near where i used to live and the reason it's called "peace arch" is there's a literal arch with a gate that's left wide open. The inscription on the arch is "may these gates never close" as a symbol of the alliance between the US and Canada.

I used to think, as a kid, just weld it open.

The statement always read more like "please don't close the gate, America" when i got older.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

To be honest - I somehow missed the oddity and symbolism and of people getting arrested at a peace arch. It was only after looking at a Bluesky comment that I thought to myself "How did I miss that???"