Current Events > ICE abusing detainees to get them to drop their lawsuit.

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https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/ice-abusing-aclus-clients-because-they-are

Among those arrested were Christians, Kurds, and Muslims. They had been living in the United States for varying lengths of time, many for decades. Many who were swept up are Chaldean Christians, members of a religious and ethnic minority that faces violent persecution in Iraq. Fears of violence have been exacerbated by the rise of ISIS, which has also targeted Sunni and Kurdish Muslims. All of these men have reason to believe that living in America will mark them as targets for persecution by ISIS or other groups should they return to Iraq.

Deporting people to a country where they are likely to face violent persecution is not only immoral; it is against American and international law. That’s why the ACLU is fighting in court to allow these individuals time to reopen their cases and prove the danger which awaits them in Iraq. In late July, a federal district judge blocked the federal government from immediately deporting anyone and extended our class action to include Iraqis with final orders of removal nationwide. But the fight is not over to ensure that everyone gets a chance to make their case before an Immigration judge.

Since the court’s ruling, ICE appears to have ramped up its efforts to make the lives of Iraqis in custody so unbearable that they will “voluntarily” sign away their rights to reopen their immigration cases or pursue asylum. The Iraqis have been singled out and denied food, water, and access to the restroom.

One man, who came to the United States as a refugee in 1976, reflected that if he goes back to Iraq, he will be tortured and killed. Still, he feels that his experiences at the hands of ICE are “a different way of torture.” He has told his wife that he is considering just signing the form and going back to Iraq.

In Arizona and Colorado, and on the plane traveling between the two locations, ICE guards referred to the Iraqis as “camel jockey,” “rag head,” and “terrorist.” Guards at GEO referred to one of our clients as ‘Al Qaeda’ and told him, “You Iraqis are the worst people in here. We can’t stand you Iraqis.” When he tried to say that he has rights, he was told that he doesn’t have any rights because he was “an alien.”

ICE guards in Arizona and Colorado have openly pressured Iraqi nationals to sign away their right to fight their immigration cases. Some guards told the detainees that their situations were hopeless and urged them to sign forms agreeing to voluntary deportation, without counsel present. Some Iraqis apparently succumbed to the pressure. The brave men we spoke to have decided to stay and fight.

The ICE guards have no idea whether the detainees have a valid basis to fight their removal. Some detainees said the guards mocked the lawsuit, saying that it would fail. This psychological manipulation is clearly being done to cause distress in those choosing to participate in the legal action.

It is tragic that these individuals, who fear persecution in Iraq because of their religion and connection to America, are now being persecuted by agents of the United States government.


Abolish ICE.
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Ok, so that's their lawyers' side of the story.

I guess I should just take it as the gold standard?
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Paper_Okami posted...

Abolish ICE

I put it in my coffee.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

Ok, so that's their lawyers' side of the story.

I guess I should just take it as the gold standard?

Second post victory.
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Paper_Okami posted...

Abolish ICE.

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Coffeebeanz posted...

Ok, so that's their lawyers' side of the story.

I guess I should just take it as the gold standard?

ICE is well known for being a garbage institution.
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ICE violates people's human rights on a daily basis. They do this to men, women, and innocent children. Go to a detention center sometime and it'll become obvious. I have many friends who represent or interview detainees and I've interviewed a few. Their stories make me rage out.
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Paper_Okami posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

Ok, so that's their lawyers' side of the story.

I guess I should just take it as the gold standard?

ICE is well known for being a garbage institution.

Oh well that settles it.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

Paper_Okami posted...

Coffeebeanz posted...

Ok, so that's their lawyers' side of the story.

I guess I should just take it as the gold standard?

ICE is well known for being a garbage institution.

Oh well that settles it.

No matter how much evidence I give you, you'll just dismiss it.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/mexico/2017/08/27/willful-blindness-deportees-becoming-easy-prey-gangs-along-us-mexico-border
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I'm willing to accept normal sources, but you can't cite the freaking website of the plaintiff's lawyers as your primary source.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

I'm willing to accept normal sources, but you can't cite the freaking website of the plaintiff's lawyers as your primary source.

http://splinternews.com/how-a-possible-case-of-mistaken-identity-led-to-a-famil-1797515176


Before being incarcerated, Meza Espinoza was diagnosed with diabetes, anemia, and cirrhosis of the liver, according to Portela. He had complained to his mother and daughters that he was not getting the medicine he needed at the jail. So when his family learned he was in the hospital, they assumed he was finally getting the care he needed. Little did they know, Meza Espinoza was in the intensive care unit. According to ICE, he was admitted to the ICU for gastrointestinal bleeding.

As the family walked toward his room, they could see his body was connected to several machines and devices.

“He looked like he was in his death throes,” Meza Espinoza’s brother told Splinter. (He declined multiple requests for his name, citing concerns about “privacy and respect” for his brother.)

“My body’s instinct told me to walk towards my brother,” Meza Espinoza’s brother continued, speaking in Spanish. But Meza Espinoza’s brother said immigration officers stopped him before he could enter the room. He said officers told him that if the family wanted to see his brother, they had to contact ICE and request permission.

Rolando Meza Espinoza was the 10th person to die in ICE custody this fiscal year.
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