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2d ago

US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help

US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help

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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Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca

3d ago

US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help

truthout.org /articles/us-citizen-detained-for-10-days-after-he-asked-border-patrol-officer-for-help/

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👏 We 👏 do 👏 not 👏 talk 👏 to 👏 cops👏
- Amen!
- What about clapping?

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.

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