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Immigration questions for Markwayne Mullin

The Watch • 578 implied HN points • 18 Mar 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Detention
  1. There are serious concerns about due process and oversight in immigration enforcement, including reports of detainees sent overseas, blocked access to lawyers, and denied congressional inspections.
  2. Enforcement tactics have become more militarized and risky—quotas, forceful raids, masked agents, window‑smashing, and shootings into vehicles raise safety and accountability questions.
  3. Policies and rhetoric look politically driven and discriminatory, from remigration and denaturalization proposals to cuts in refugee admissions and inflammatory statements about immigrant groups, threatening civil rights.

Is ICE Running a Black Site in Minnesota?

God's Spies by Thomas Neuburger • 95 implied HN points • 20 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Detention
  1. ICE appears to be operating a secretive detention area in Minneapolis where some people, including known U.S. citizens, are being held separately from immigrant detainees.
  2. Citizen observers say they were sprayed with a chemical agent, taken into custody, put in adjacent cells reportedly reserved for U.S. citizens, and subjected to taunting and mistreatment.
  3. Lawyers and members of Congress have been denied access to the site, raising legal and constitutional concerns and echoing allegations of long-standing, secretive ICE tactics.

February 7, 2026

Letters from an American • 31 implied HN points • 08 Feb 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Detention
  1. The administration has adopted a rule allowing mass detention of noncitizens without bond, greatly expanding who can be held and prompting widespread legal challenges.
  2. Detentions have risen from roughly 40,000 to over 70,000 people and rely on private contractors and new large facilities, with reported deaths and a breakdown in medical care after ICE stopped paying providers and the VA ended its role.
  3. The government is buying huge warehouse-style and 'mega' detention sites—often without local notice—which has spurred strong community protests and moral and legal alarm as officials treat deportation logistics like a business.

An illegal bill?

A Lawyer Writes • 550 implied HN points • 08 Mar 23
🌍 World Politics Detention
  1. The Illegal Migration Bill raises questions about its compliance with human rights conventions.
  2. The bill includes provisions that may lead to the UK breaching international law.
  3. The bill allows for the detention of illegal arrivals, but does not block the court's power to grant habeas corpus.

A slippery slope

omar’s Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 03 Jun 23
🌍 World Politics Detention
  1. Criticism towards institutions should be tolerated without any personal attacks.
  2. Detentions like Jibran Nasir's should be avoided as they attract considerable criticism.
  3. The situation sets a dangerous precedent where anyone could be targeted for expressing opinions.
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