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Bangladesh responded hours later, expressing its "utter dismay" at the arrest being "misconstrued by certain quarters".

Mbonambi denied the accusation, saying he had used an Afrikaans phrase that had been misconstrued, and World Rugby decided there was insufficient evidence to charge him.

An ICE count of homicides dating back decades was misconstrued to link crime to immigrants who have entered the country under President Biden and Kamala Harris.

Razek said the allegations were “categorically untrue, misconstrued or taken out of context,” and the company said it is “committed to continuous improvement and complete accountability.”

But Katie Tobin, who worked on immigration at the White House, says Ms Harris’s work has been deliberately “misconstrued and painted in a bad light“.