How 7 immigrants came to the U.S. and ended up at Alligator Alcatraz
(Excerpts from three different people’s stories)
Last month, Castillo was arrested for habitually driving without a license, court records show. He was taken to Alligator Alcatraz on July 3. Six days later, Castillo said, he was handcuffed and left outdoors in the sun as a punishment for attempting to go on a hunger strike inside the detention center, he said in a phone interview. As mosquitoes swarmed him, Castillo pleaded with guards to bring him inside, he said. He was kept outside for nearly three hours.
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Laura Morales, his wife, said he was among the first detainees there. Morales said guards beat him last week after he demanded better conditions and that he was moved to a different area as punishment.
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Cueto, born with a lung that works at 10% capacity since birth, said he is suffering inside the facility. During one meal, Cueto attempted to explain to the guards that he needed more time to finish eating his food because of his condition. The language barrier between the English-speaking guards and the Spanish-speaking Cueto caused his request to be interpreted as insubordination, he said. Cueto said he was struck in the ribs numerous times with a baton-like tool until an English-speaking detainee clarified the situation to guards, Cancio said.
Cueto, Cancio said, is also not receiving the medicine he needs. Cancio has driven to the entrance on U.S. Route 41 and asked officers to deliver the medicine to him. She said she understands that they might not be able to accept the medicine she brings but that they ought to provide it to Cueto themselves. Cueto has thrown up blood and contracted COVID-19 while inside the detention center, Cancio said. She worries Cueto is over-exerting his fully functioning lung and that his long-term health will suffer.
Brown and gay. Yeah, I would guess they labeled him as “not one of us” immediately. “You have no rights at a port of entry…” Since when is the Constitution suspended at an entry point? I suspect that, as a citizen, you carry your rights with you. That’s kinda what “inalienable” means, after all.
In an internal letter to staff, sent Thursday, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital CEO and President Steve Davis addressed the detention of Imam Ayman Soliman earlier this month, informing staff that the hospital does not “publicly comment on personnel or legal matters.” He also reminded employees of the hospital’s expectation that staff “live our values and follow our policies, every day and in every interaction” despite the “divisiveness outside of our walls.”
“As a Nonprofit Charitable Organization, Cincinnati Children’s has strict rules it must follow when engaging in activities that could be characterized as political,” the letter reads. “Our organization is politically agnostic, not favoring one party over the other; we advocate for policies that improve pediatric health.”
Because you damn well know that Trump’s IRS will be favoring one particular party over the other.
I’ve heard the 100 mile Border Enforcement Zone includes any customs entry point e.g. international airports. Is that true (with links)? Apologies if we’ve been over this before.
I’ve seen that said a lot, but it seems that the 100 mile zone is just physical borders (including sea borders). Airports are themselves entry points (and thus travelers there are subject to the same rules as when crossing the physical border), but aren’t considered “borders” for the purposes of the 100 mile rule. It’s bad enough that 2/3 of the population are within 100 miles of the physical borders, adding in 100 miles around every international airport would probably raise it to something like 99% of the population…
I know that the Trump administration is fine with the ambiguity of ICE agents being indistinguishable from other masked criminals, and are waiting for someone to act violently in self-defense as justification for mass crackdowns and potentially even martial law, but I always assumed that ICE agents themselves wouldn’t be cool with the heightened risk of violence they face because of that. But now it seems pretty clear that they’re downright excited about the possibility of facing violence, because that also gives them the excuse to just go completely wild - even more than they’re already going.
Not that DHS are credible in any way, shape or form, but this story didn’t make a lot of sense to begin with, and is getting weirder and weirder. It would be deeply disappointing if the family were running some sort of scam to raise money (and very weird - how would anyone think they could get away with something like that?), given DHS are doing similar things (and lying about it), and this just muddies the waters.
At first I thought it was just another absurd story. But it very strange indeed. It seems like a story made in a Chan just to seed confusion and discredit all the real stories of abusive ICE procedures.
A detail to keep in mind: domestic airports within the 100 mile border zone are “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States” just as well.
Say “hi” to the friendly CBP agents who can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation without a warrant.
Not that this really matters anymore since ICE has started abducting random people everywhere.
It’s somewhat incorrect to equate ICE with the Gestapo, though. The Gestapo always showed their badges and kept meticulous records.
