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US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help (truthout.org)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

👏 We 👏 do 👏 not 👏 talk 👏 to 👏 cops👏

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Amen!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Or anyone in the Trump administration

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week 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.