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US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help (truthout.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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Border agents forced the 19-year-old, who cannot read, to sign a transcript of his arrest he says was false.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

πŸ‘ We πŸ‘ do πŸ‘ not πŸ‘ talk πŸ‘ to πŸ‘ copsπŸ‘

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

What about clapping?

[-] atlien51@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Amen!

[-] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t they have to release you after 48 hours if they don’t charge you with a crime?

[-] Darorad@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago

You're forgetting that the border patrol doesn't have to follow laws

[-] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

Or anyone in the Trump administration

[-] nucleative@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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.

this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2025
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