[mikestew]

Has the legality of their immigration been determined at that point? Or is the detention center used to hold them until that has been determined?

Regardless, the statement as written is accurate. How many modifiers are necessary?

[blancheneige]

>Has the legality of their immigration been determined at that point?

By that logic, how do you even know they're immigrants to begin with, then? All it takes is flashing your visa or any documentation proving your status which you are required to carry at all times, just like I am. You were not expecting bartenders to give you a free pass in your teenage because you left your ID at home, did you?

>Regardless, the statement as written is accurate

Accuracy by omission is deceit, not journalism.

>How many modifiers are necessary?

One: illegal immigrant. Now I re-iterate my question: why is it so hard for The Guardian to use the correct terminology?

[nabnob]

>By that logic, how do you even know they're immigrants to begin with, then? All it takes it flashing your visa or any documentation that you are required to carry at all times, just like I am. You were not expecting bartenders to give you a free pass in your teenage because you left your ID at home, did you?

ICE actually has detained citizens in the past - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/23/francisco-e...

I'm a citizen and I don't usually have my passport on me. If someone asked me to show that I was a citizen, I would have no way to prove it to them.