Immigration detention is kidnapping.

1. Arrest and imprisonment are forms of violence.
2. Governments cannot legitimately use violence that is out of proportion to the forms of lawbreaking they are trying to address.
3. Forcibly restraining and confining people is a disproportionate response to violations of immigration law.

For more detailed argument (no paywall) https://medium.com/@mildlyunreasonable/immigration-detention-is-kidnapping-eb74df144b8c

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