No. of Recommendations: 4
But from the perspective of those behind the bars, the experience is the same.
And this is the administration’s secret sauce. It doesn’t care about process.
That's true, but I'm not sure that's what led to this woman being detained for so long. If you sign a paper that (essentially) says that you agree that the government has the right to keep you detained until they deign to arrange passage for you - which is what I suspect happened here - they haven't incarcerated you. You've agreed to give up any rights you had to move around the country. Once you've done that, they're not really denying you any process if it takes them a while to get around to arranging for you to leave.
It's a cautionary reminder that if you're visiting another country, your presence there is entirely at the sufferance of that country's government. If you do anything that violates the terms of your visa, they (generally) don't have to let you have the freedom to move about the country - which means confining you to wherever suits their convenience (and security choices) for you to stay now that you don't have liberty to choose your own.
So - it's probably not a good idea to sign a piece of paper that says you've violated immigration law. Which, again, is what I suspect happened here.
