ICE detains 9 years old US citizen for 30 hrs

[_Kevin Graham]

Unbelievable... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/j ... yXs7mnBujE

"Julia’s mother, Thelma Galaxia, told NBC 7 that while Julia was detained, agents accused her of lying about her identity, saying that her passport photo did not look like her. Julia told NBC 7 that the authorities accused her of being her cousin rather than herself, and said she was told that if she would admit that she had lied about her identity she would be released."

Of course, FOX News and all the racists on the Right worship ICE and think telling the truth about ICE amounts to treason.

They don't give a crap about the rights of US citizens because they know they'll never be profiled like this. Or like the two US citizens were profiled in damned Montana because they were speaking Spanish to each other in public.

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The U.S. citizens who are detained by ICE

ICE Agents Repeatedly Target U.S. Citizens for Deportation by Mistake, Forcing Americans to Prove Status, Documents Show

[_Gunnar]

Anyone who has any difficulty whatsoever about seeing how horribly wrong and unjust this is, is a horribly bigoted, xenophobic idiot! There is absolutely no excuse for this! None! No one should ever be made to fear suspicion, condemnation or persecution merely for knowing and using a language other than English, or be discouraged from learning, acquiring and practicing linguistic skills in addition to English!

For example: Ajax, do you think you should come under scrutiny by ICE or Homeland Security merely because you use your Spanish Language skills to help patients whose first language is Spanish, while they are still in the process of acquiring full proficiency in English? Do you think that people who are not proficient in English should be legally banned from entering or even visiting this country? Should an American citizen who tries to communicate with and help a stranger or relative visiting from a foreign country by speaking with them in their own language attract the scrutiny and suspicion of ICE or anyone else merely for that? Should friends and relatives fluent in other languages they know in common, in addition to English, be forbidden to practice and use those languages amongst themselves whenever they want to? What horrible, racist nonsense that would be!

[_subgenius]

KG and Gunnar once again proving that no other posts shall be less informed, more hysterical, nor hyperbolic for the sake of a good, and insincere, hair-fire.

[_Gunnar]

So, subby, you think there is nothing wrong detaining a 9 year old girl (or for that matter, anyone else) at the border merely for speaking a language other than English to her friends or family? What an insensitive and intolerant bigot you are! You are the epitome of what is wrong with the hard right, insensitive, uncharitable and insincere conservative factions in this country, and you prove that almost every time you post! And I say that in the utmost sincerity!

[_canpakes]

So, subby, you think there is nothing wrong detaining a 9 year old girl (or for that matter, anyone else) at the border merely for speaking a language other than English to her friends or family? What an insensitive and intolerant bigot you are! You are the epitome of what is wrong with the hard right, insensitive, uncharitable and insincere conservative factions in this country, and you prove that almost every time you post! And I say that in the utmost sincerity!

He could at least post a pic of some sort of comparable situation elsewhere instead of posting a pic from decades ago that has no relation to what is being discussed.

That would require some integrity, though.

[_Kevin Graham]

And the hits just keep on coming...

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra ... hree-weeks

An 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three weeks, his attorney says.

Now his family fears he may be deported.

Francisco Erwin Galicia was detained at a CBP checkpoint in Falfurrias on June 27, said Claudia Galan, his attorney.

Galicia was traveling with his 17-year-old brother Marlon Galicia and a group of friends from Edinburg where they live to Ranger College in North Texas for a soccer scouting event when they came upon a CBP checkpoint, said Sanjuana Galicia, his mother.

It was about 8 p.m. Marlon, who was born in Mexico and lacked legal status, had only been through a border checkpoint on school trips and had never been pressed to provide travel documents.

But this time was different, Marlon said. He had only a school ID. His brother was carrying only his Texas ID, which can only be obtained with a Social Security number.

“We were confident that we’d be able to pass. We were going to do something good for our futures,” he said. “I didn’t imagine this could happen and now I’m so sad that I’m not with my family,” Marlon said by phone from Reynosa, Mexico, where he is staying with his grandmother.

After two days in detention, Marlon signed a voluntary deportation form.

“I signed because I wanted to talk with my mom. Now, we just have to wait and see and hope that they release my brother,” Marlon said.

Francisco Galicia told his mother, who lives in Edinburg, that he was detained because he didn’t have his U.S. passport. But she said he did present CBP with his Texas ID.

Galicia wasn’t allowed to use the phone for the three weeks he was in CBP custody, Sanjuana said. But he has been able to make collect calls to his mother since since Saturday, when Galicia was transferred to ICE’s custody.

Galan said she met with CBP officers last week and presented them with Galicia’s birth certificate and some other documents but was unsuccessful in getting him released. She plans on presenting the same documents to ICE officers later this week.

“I presented then with his original birth certificate and other documents and they ignored them. So now I’ve faxed over all the documents to the ICE agent handling the case,” Galan said. “He’s going on a full month of being wrongfully detained. He’s a U.S. citizen and he needs to be released now.”

The Dallas Morning News reviewed a copy of the birth certificate and it lists Galicia as having been born at Parkland Memorial Hospital on December 24, 2000. Other documents include a congratulatory certificate his mother was given by hospital staff when he was born, a high school ID, and a health insurance card.

Galan said that the confusion from CBP may stem from the fact that Sanjuana solicited a visitors visa for Francisco when he was a minor and falsely claimed that he was born in Mexico.

CBP ran Francisco's fingerprints after he was detained, despite carrying a Texas ID, Social Security number and a copy of his birth certificate, and found that the visa had been issued for him years prior.

Galan said Sanjuana feared it was the only way she could get him back into the U.S. because she was unable to get Francisco a U.S. passport due to her lack of legal status.

But Galan says the mixup is no excuse to have held Francisco for more than three weeks and that this issue should have already been cleared up.

"His mom is desperate to get him back. The main focus right now is to get him released from custody and back with his family so this whole ordeal can be over," Galan said.

Neither ICE nor CBP responded to requests for comment.

The ICE detainee locator system shows Francisco is being held at the South Texas Detention Facility in Pearsall and lists him as being born in Mexico.

Sanjuana Galicia, Francisco’s mother, said she lived in Dallas from 1998-2001 and moved to South Texas after his birth.

“I need my son back,” she said. “I just want to prove to them that he is a citizen. He’s not a criminal or anything bad. He’s a good kid.”

[_Kevin Graham]

Texas-Born Student Held In Immigration Custody For Weeks Released (UPDATE)

Francisco Erwin Galicia, 18, was released Tuesday after being detained since June 27, despite providing a copy of his birth certificate, his attorney said.

"Galicia described the harrowing conditions he endured there. He said he lost 26 pounds during his detention because officers didn’t provide sufficient food. Galicia also said he wasn’t allowed to shower and that he slept on the floor alongside 60 other men in an overcrowded holding area. Some of the men, he said, slept on the floor in the restroom because of a lack of space."

[_Kevin Graham]

It still blows my mind that this isn't the most important news of the day, every day.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

A young girl cries on the floor of a gym that neighbors and strangers have opened up to children whose parents were taken in the Mississippi ICE raid

The raid, by the way, was conducted after workers won a lawsuit against the employer who happily employed them for years knowing their status. This was just straight out retribution.

Are you ok with this?

America is not well. This is morally wrong. And I think what we're sowing will not be good.

- Dod

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

This is the message I sent to the only Utah Representative who will actually do something about it:

Rep. McAdams,

I'm writing you because you're the only person who can represent all of us Utahns that care about what's happening to the families being torn apart and deported all across the US. I'm a retired MSG (US Army, 95-15), and this is NOT the country I had in mind when I swore an oath of fealty. Please, please read this article, and look at that child and please. fight for our immigrant friends who live here, work hard, and are raising families on the old American ideals. Please.

https://splinternews.com/immigrants-kid ... 1837066337

I'll also send this to Romney since he has roots in Mexico.

- Doc