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

submitted 21 hours 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 21 hours ago (2 children)

👏 We 👏 do 👏 not 👏 talk 👏 to 👏 cops👏

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

Amen!

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

What about clapping?

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 40 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours 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.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

Or anyone in the Trump administration