* Short paragraph on how the ICE agents payment system work. Salient info: the whole set up is controlled by the OPM. ICE spokesperson insists the agents, 'risk their own safety', do not get large bonuses but are paid to enforce the nation's immigration laws. Risking their won safety, as the American public can see, is down to their aggressive tactics. They have also killed several people who posed no threat at all.

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#KarenNewton
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

⚪ Trump loves this because his base are satisfied by him getting revenge on someone or other. Guilty or not.

#14thamendment #dueprocess #RebeccaBurke #MahmoudKhalil #RashaAlawieh #JasmineMooney #LucasSielaff #JessicaBrösche #FabianSchmidt #kilmarabregogarcia #birthrightcitizenship

Trump-Era Tensions Cool Travel: Fewer Europeans Visit US While Americans Worry Abroad A sharp shift is rippling through international tourism as President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric reshape the way travelers feel about crossing

Travel to and from the US is shifting dramatically as fewer Europeans visit America and Americans feel uneasy abroad. What’s behind this change, and how is it shaping the nation’s image? 🌍✈️
#DonaldTrump #RebeccaBurke #UStravelrestrictions

Original post on sciences.social

‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre’ | US immigration | The Guardian […]

@minibubbly.bsky.social @maej43.bsky.social @anniegirl.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @aravosis.bsky.social H/T #BalloonJuice Note please, she was actually trying to leave the #USA when she was detained.😡 #RebeccaBurke

I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

#RebeccaBurke was leaving the #US when #ICE #kidnapped her. This unpaywalled account is harrowing. Who in America could have imagined this three months ago? Right, #MAGA, #Trump, #Homan, African American immigrant #Musk ...

#goshbfdd and here's my drawing for the third theme: Freedom!

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Rebecca Burke: Father of British backpacker being held in US says her 'life-changing trip has turned into a nightmare' Rebecca Burke was trying to cross from the US into Canada when a visa mix-up saw her handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in the States - where she has now been held for 14 days.

news.sky.com/story/father...

#backpacker #RebeccaBurke