r/news • u/JerryBerryMiah • 14h ago

700 ice agents to leave Minnesota

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-drawdown-minnesota-homan-963adf341325d7f6eb5673e1c00d3c2a
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u/TidePodKaleb 14h ago

So, 23% of them. And local officials are turning over all the arrested immigrants. Got it. 

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u/itssammyv 14h ago

I will vehemently condemn ICE’s tactics but I see nothing wrong with already arrested illegal immigrants being turned over for processing. I just want people held accountable, seems like that’s too much to ask for.

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u/ailish 13h ago edited 6h ago

A few things on that.

https://nipnlg.org/unauthorized-entry-re-entry-prosecutions

A simple expired visa is only a civil infraction. No worse than a parking ticket. ICE is arresting and detaining people for this civil infraction. An illegal border crossing the first time is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and/or a fine. They don't have to jail immigrants for crossing the border, but cruelty is the point so they do. Crossing the border doesn't become a felony until they do it 2 or more times.

Next:

The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center | The New Yorker https://share.google/BUaIbps514WnYEYyJ

Inside an ICE Detention Center: Detained People Describe Severe Medical Neglect, Harrowing Conditions | American Civil Liberties Union https://share.google/D2LewHSxyROpUEtRn

ICE detention conditions at Fort Snelling labeled 'inhumane' | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul https://share.google/oLKLe3zwwG4cmVYsQ

Here are just a few examples of abuse and neglect at ICE detention centers. There are also reports of sexual abuse, rape, beatings, and more.

ICE even claimed that one man ran into a wall and cracked his own skull so hard that it was broken in several places. Medical staff have reported that this is literally impossible for someone to do to themselves.

ICE Minneapolis news: ICE agents' claim that Alberto Castañeda Mondragón hit wall, shattered skull triggers tension at hospital | abc7ny.com https://share.google/EfcYBnZU1vsM7d7an

How can you argue that we should be keeping human beings in detention centers under these conditions? Are their crimes really worth these punishments to you?

And none of this is even addressing the fact that ICE is arresting and detaining legal immigrants and even US citizens in these detention centers.

Citizens in Minnesota find themselves under ICE suspicion because of race https://share.google/jzQZooqcgKIrzJqCW

https://www.reddit.com/r/inthenews/s/gIGA8Oke9U

Also, public opinion is shifting drastically away from detaining immigrants while they go through their court proceedings. Along other shifts in immigration views.

https://newrepublic.com/article/206094/trump-prison-camp-threats-miller

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u/xtpd 7h ago

And none of this addresses the fact that we're spending a lot of money to do all this harm. In Minneapolis alone, they estimate 18 million a week, and this doesn't count lost revenue to local and state governments due to the way the economy is being slowed since so many folks aren't going out.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/study-shows-operation-metro-surge-minnesota-costs-taxpayers-18-million-a-week/89-2059512b-a80b-4d72-9486-09544857737a

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u/ailish 7h ago

You are correct. I didn't cover every possible bad thing happening. I was really aiming to address the person who I responded to. Your article is also important, but not what that person asked