I have Canadian co-workers now expressing discomfort with visiting the US

They are canceling plans to attend the GDC (the Game Developer's Conference) and even the thought they may have to spend a week visiting an office in the US for business-related reasons is making them nervous.

They might be overreactions but perception has real impact. So much winning...

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Seems pretty reasonable. ICE detained and tortured a German citizen for no reason and took away his green card, ostensibly over some minor weed charge from 2022. And if we know about this happening to one guy, I'm guessing there are more that the media just hasn't gotten their hands on yet. I wouldn't want to cross this country's border, either; ICE has fully just become a state-backed violent gang.

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@BlueVeins As it says in the article I posted below:

ICE detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit.

Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from ICE contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from ICE contracts.

The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly. What I had experienced was finally starting to make sense.

I don't know if any of these companies are public, but if they are then shareholders should be named and shamed.

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Patriot96 · 56-60, C

@BlueVeins my cult 😜😜😜😜

BlueVeins · 22-25

@Patriot96 average maga level of engagement with information