“Person who overstayed visa is detained by border control”
ICE is doing a lot worse things than this, but of course because it’s a white Irish guy it’s exceptional and unprecedented.
They are detaining and deporting people who are there legally, who have not over stayed their visas…
Thomas (not his real name), a 35-year-old Irish tech worker and father of three, traveled to West Virginia under a visa waiver to visit his girlfriend. He planned to return to Ireland in December but was delayed due to a health issue. Just three days past his allowed stay, a police encounter led to his arrest and detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). What began as a minor overstay escalated into a 100-day ordeal across three ICE facilities, during which Thomas had little clarity about his detention. Speaking under a pseudonym, he later reflected on how anyone can get trapped in the immigration system.
No shit. Don’t break the law in America. It’s dangerous enough just visiting and following the rules.
Don’t overstay in a country that has severe punishment against overstayers??
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He had a “mental health episode” got arrested for having a fight with his partner, the Police were called and he was taken to jail for false imprisonment when released on Bond Ice picked him up. So he got arrested while overstaying his visa.
I would have shut the fuck up about the whole thing to be honest Thomas, now we know you were arrested for false imprisonment too
Man overstayed his Visa, then got arrested for a domestic incident where he had “an episode” but it’s not his fault at all….
I have yet to hear from any tourists getting snared up in these incidents that have not broken their visa conditions or had some criminal incident that they forgot to disclose.
Article should read “Nobody is safe – if you act like me”
People giving out about how he shouldn’t break the law really are missing the point. Here is somebody who overstayed their visa due to legitimate medical reasons. A proportional response would be to contact him and tell him to self deport within a certain period of time or he’ll be deported by ICE. If he didn’t self deport than ICE should of deported him on the next flight to Ireland. Instead they went full force straight away and then didn’t deport him for months even housing him in facilities designed for dangerous criminals. Absolutely over reaction and huge violation of his rights.
He wasn’t detained for overstaying his VISA. He was arrested for assaulting his partner.
They subsequently found out he had no right to be in the country.
Here in Ireland he’d get social welfare, a medical card and a free apartment.
Nothing about what happened to this guy is normal, but it does feel like there are a few details missing from his account, as well as incredibly naive things from him and his girlfriend.
The claim is that “nobody is safe”, but he found himself in a set of very unusual circumstances that most visitors to the US won’t.
He tore his calf, doctor told him not to fly for 8 to 12 weeks. That would bring him beyond the 90 days. OK, that’s cool, shit happens.
For some inexplicable reason he didn’t apply for an extension, then and there, he waited until it was “short notice”, and by then it was too late.
He says himself, “I knew I was going to overstay my visa by a few days, but I assumed it would be OK because I had the doctor’s note”. That’s very risky. In a sane country, it would be fine. But there are countries – like the US and Australia where you know not to fuck with visa stuff and to cross your t’s and dot your i’s.
Then, he’s gone on a visit to her family – *after his visa has expired -* and he suffers a mental health episode which causes his girlfriend to ring the police on him.
Her, being American, should know damn well you don’t call the cops for that. But also, he knew his visa had expired. He was practically recovered from his injury. He should absolutely have booked a flight out and gone home on the last day of his visa. Even if he had just parked himself where he was while he recovered, that would have been better. But continuing to travel around the US with an expired visa, is another massive risk to take.
Like I say, unnecessary jackbooting from the US, but there’s a lot he’s not saying about why he let it get to that stage.
It’s a bizarre one alright./s😂
No sympathy for him.
Worth noting that this started in “last Fall”, so we’ll before Trump took office.
Oh you should see the kidnappings going on currently, lots of videos posted online.
I’ve heard of a few deaths of folk in custody of ICE.
The swamp for many, I guess any folk that die the swamp has enough wild life to cover up some of the bodies.
I hope America falls apart.
Look he fucked up. He knew he was overstaying his visa. Even if he couldn’t fly he could at least have got a bus or a train to Canada to avoid this issue.
“I didn’t think the visa rules applied to me”
There’s plenty to discuss about Trump and ICE but this simple case of breaking the law isn’t it
Surely you’d go straight to the airport once you’re well enough and explain your situation. Why in the name of god would he go between states with an expired visa and then do something that got him arrested. In a state where police are required to alert immigration authorities when an undocumented person is arrested, no less. I’m sure the authorities had a tough time buying “I tried to leave but I was too unwell” in that situation.
A big long sob story of someone who knowingly broke the law and faced the consequences.
>after overstaying US visit by three days:
Also known as “breaking the law”.
So the *correct* headline would read: Irish tourist breaks local laws, gets arrested: ‘Nobody is safe’.
Although, to be fair, it’s not as click-baiting a headline, is it?
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“Person who overstayed visa is detained by border control”
ICE is doing a lot worse things than this, but of course because it’s a white Irish guy it’s exceptional and unprecedented.
They are detaining and deporting people who are there legally, who have not over stayed their visas…
Thomas (not his real name), a 35-year-old Irish tech worker and father of three, traveled to West Virginia under a visa waiver to visit his girlfriend. He planned to return to Ireland in December but was delayed due to a health issue. Just three days past his allowed stay, a police encounter led to his arrest and detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). What began as a minor overstay escalated into a 100-day ordeal across three ICE facilities, during which Thomas had little clarity about his detention. Speaking under a pseudonym, he later reflected on how anyone can get trapped in the immigration system.
No shit. Don’t break the law in America. It’s dangerous enough just visiting and following the rules.
Don’t overstay in a country that has severe punishment against overstayers??
[removed]
He had a “mental health episode” got arrested for having a fight with his partner, the Police were called and he was taken to jail for false imprisonment when released on Bond Ice picked him up. So he got arrested while overstaying his visa.
I would have shut the fuck up about the whole thing to be honest Thomas, now we know you were arrested for false imprisonment too
Man overstayed his Visa, then got arrested for a domestic incident where he had “an episode” but it’s not his fault at all….
I have yet to hear from any tourists getting snared up in these incidents that have not broken their visa conditions or had some criminal incident that they forgot to disclose.
Article should read “Nobody is safe – if you act like me”
People giving out about how he shouldn’t break the law really are missing the point. Here is somebody who overstayed their visa due to legitimate medical reasons. A proportional response would be to contact him and tell him to self deport within a certain period of time or he’ll be deported by ICE. If he didn’t self deport than ICE should of deported him on the next flight to Ireland. Instead they went full force straight away and then didn’t deport him for months even housing him in facilities designed for dangerous criminals. Absolutely over reaction and huge violation of his rights.
He wasn’t detained for overstaying his VISA. He was arrested for assaulting his partner.
They subsequently found out he had no right to be in the country.
Here in Ireland he’d get social welfare, a medical card and a free apartment.
Nothing about what happened to this guy is normal, but it does feel like there are a few details missing from his account, as well as incredibly naive things from him and his girlfriend.
The claim is that “nobody is safe”, but he found himself in a set of very unusual circumstances that most visitors to the US won’t.
He tore his calf, doctor told him not to fly for 8 to 12 weeks. That would bring him beyond the 90 days. OK, that’s cool, shit happens.
For some inexplicable reason he didn’t apply for an extension, then and there, he waited until it was “short notice”, and by then it was too late.
He says himself, “I knew I was going to overstay my visa by a few days, but I assumed it would be OK because I had the doctor’s note”. That’s very risky. In a sane country, it would be fine. But there are countries – like the US and Australia where you know not to fuck with visa stuff and to cross your t’s and dot your i’s.
Then, he’s gone on a visit to her family – *after his visa has expired -* and he suffers a mental health episode which causes his girlfriend to ring the police on him.
Her, being American, should know damn well you don’t call the cops for that. But also, he knew his visa had expired. He was practically recovered from his injury. He should absolutely have booked a flight out and gone home on the last day of his visa. Even if he had just parked himself where he was while he recovered, that would have been better. But continuing to travel around the US with an expired visa, is another massive risk to take.
Like I say, unnecessary jackbooting from the US, but there’s a lot he’s not saying about why he let it get to that stage.
It’s a bizarre one alright./s😂
No sympathy for him.
Worth noting that this started in “last Fall”, so we’ll before Trump took office.
Oh you should see the kidnappings going on currently, lots of videos posted online.
I’ve heard of a few deaths of folk in custody of ICE.
The swamp for many, I guess any folk that die the swamp has enough wild life to cover up some of the bodies.
I hope America falls apart.
Look he fucked up. He knew he was overstaying his visa. Even if he couldn’t fly he could at least have got a bus or a train to Canada to avoid this issue.
“I didn’t think the visa rules applied to me”
There’s plenty to discuss about Trump and ICE but this simple case of breaking the law isn’t it
Surely you’d go straight to the airport once you’re well enough and explain your situation. Why in the name of god would he go between states with an expired visa and then do something that got him arrested. In a state where police are required to alert immigration authorities when an undocumented person is arrested, no less. I’m sure the authorities had a tough time buying “I tried to leave but I was too unwell” in that situation.
A big long sob story of someone who knowingly broke the law and faced the consequences.
>after overstaying US visit by three days:
Also known as “breaking the law”.
So the *correct* headline would read: Irish tourist breaks local laws, gets arrested: ‘Nobody is safe’.
Although, to be fair, it’s not as click-baiting a headline, is it?
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