To be completely fair to America, I have no idea if the same sort of thing¹ would happen in the UK. I know it happens in Nigeria.
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¹ spending months locked up while awaiting trial
@nprofile1q... Reform UK have explicitly said they'll detain folks while they assess their legal status, just like ICE in the USA. That's literally a party pledge.
So we're also creeping towards fascism.
So we're also creeping towards fascism.