TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 months agoUS Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Helptruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkUS Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Helptruthout.orgTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldM to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
Border agents forced the 19-year-old, who cannot read, to sign a transcript of his arrest he says was false.
minus-squareEp1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoDon’t they have to release you after 48 hours if they don’t charge you with a crime?
minus-squarenucleative@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe 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.
Don’t they have to release you after 48 hours if they don’t charge you with a crime?
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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.