The Guardian posted this really long rambling think piece about a woman and her husband detained by ICE after visiting from the UK. Before I knew the reasons these people were detained, I learned the woman hated Vegas, loved seeing bison in Yellowstone, worked as a secretary in a school and has a puzzle of the Tower of Babel hanging in her living room.
I have grown accustomed to not just reading the headlines on these articles claiming outrageous ICE abuses because there is almost always more to the story. This story is one such case. It's almost like The Guardian counts on people getting exhausted before they actually get to the important part of the article.
65-year-old British woman in the US on the "trip of a lifetime", with a valid tourist visa, was arrested by ICE, shackled, transported & held for weeks on end.
— Tom Scott 🇺🇦 (@Tom___Scott) February 21, 2026
Do NOT travel to the US under any circumstances.https://t.co/Yj77Gvt6DK
When they were turned back from Canada, and US border control agents saw that Bill’s visa had expired, Karen fully expected to be allowed to return home. The Newtons immediately offered to pay for their flights – they had funds available to cover the tickets – but the officials “weren’t interested”, she says. Instead, they were taken into an office and made to wait there, from 10.30am until nightfall.
At first, Karen was bewildered. “There was no reason to hold me,” she says. “Bill’s an adult. Why am I held responsible for him?” When she asked why she was being detained, an officer told her his supervisor had instructed him to hold her. The hours ticked by. “It was scary. You have no way of knowing what’s going to happen. It got darker and darker. And then other agents turned up with all these chains and handcuffs.”
Deep in the article, one finally finds this information. Her husband was traveling on an expired vias. Because she was traveling with him, she was also held. For some reason, she also didn't contact her adult son to let him know what was going on.
Remember when the story was just that it was some poor Irish guy getting deported and then the whole story came out?
— Marc J. Randazza 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇷 (@marcorandazza) February 21, 2026
Would anybody like to set up a Polymarket bet here? https://t.co/g7aaGSuqPI
There is always more to the story.
Come on, tell the whole story. https://t.co/tERPTOs2AN
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) February 21, 2026
WHY is there always more to the story than these “journalists” want to tell? All they do is spew outrageous nonsense to get people outraged. https://t.co/zI53X2hRzE pic.twitter.com/M86TJDkUpg
— Savannah Insights 🎙️ (@BasedSavannah) February 21, 2026
Instead of sticking to the facts, they're pushing this wild claim that ICE held this woman and her husband just so agents and guards could cash in on per-person bonuses. When pressed, ICE officials flat-out denied any such incentive exists—but the story still ran as gospel because 'a guard supposedly told her so.' Relying on unverified hearsay from inside detention over official statements? That's not journalism; that's agenda-driven fiction. What a joke.
Who was working but had no green card. So an illegal alien. He supposedly had a valid work permit but that's a scam many illegals do now because for some reason they will give them a work permit even though they're illegals. The permits are temporary in any case.
— Bad Take Directorate (@Boomer_Approved) February 21, 2026
Just another factoid about her husband. This is why they were held. If the press were honest, they would say this.
