TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 3 days agoUS Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Helptruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkUS Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Helptruthout.orgTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
Border agents forced the 19-year-old, who cannot read, to sign a transcript of his arrest he says was false.
minus-squareEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·3 days agoDon’t they have to release you after 48 hours if they don’t charge you with a crime?
minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·3 days agoYou’re forgetting that the border patrol doesn’t have to follow laws
minus-squareNJSpradlin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoOr anyone in the Trump administration
minus-squarenucleative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe problem is that undocumented (and also illiterate) people rarely have enough power or money to fight back. But… The Bill of Rights protects everyone, including undocumented immigrants.
Don’t they have to release you after 48 hours if they don’t charge you with a crime?
You’re forgetting that the border patrol doesn’t have to follow laws
Or anyone in the Trump administration
The problem is that undocumented (and also illiterate) people rarely have enough power or money to fight back.
But… The Bill of Rights protects everyone, including undocumented immigrants.