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> Except the link you're responding to is literally linking to reports of threats to safety.

Typically when you break laws in a country, for example violating the terms of a visa, you face consequences. For everyone else, there’s no issue. But none of this is a “threat to safety”. Again, this is activist hyperbole.

> We know more than enough to point out that it shouldn't have happened at all.

You don’t know any real details. You just have vague claims from individuals that likely were breaking the law, and partisan news media amplifying their claims with zero investigation. There is no evidence of why these people were questioned or detained. We know at least a couple of the cases involve explicitly violating immigration law - visa overstays, attempts to cross the border after a denial, working while on a travel visa, etc.

> The Guardian is a centre-left outlet, not a far-left outlet.

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart




AllSides correctly lists The Guardian as 'Left'. By adding 'far' to your characterization I can only assume you wish to advertise your own biases and / or denigrate the publication. It is a reputable newspaper with a long history of journalism awards - an appropriate example being this: https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2023/jun/23/gua...


Left on all sides is far left. It’s as left as their categorization goes. Unless you also agree that breitbart is not far right just because it is classified as right.


I do agree. AllSides does not reference 'far' on any of their ratings [1] and I see no value in introducing it as a pejorative term.

[1] https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/ratings


You're telling me The Guardian is a communist publication centered around the dismantling of capitalism? If not, then it's not "far-left."




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