Key excerpts:
The family had been staying with a relative in Los Angeles for the previous seven months after crossing the border legally for a court appointment through the now-defunct CBP One App to seek asylum in October of last year. They had been granted parole status in the U.S. while they waited for their day in immigration court.
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying," Mukherjee said. “The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours.”
The 6-year-old boy has been diagnosed with leukemia and has missed a medical appointment to be treated for worsening symptoms
The Texas Civil Rights Project says the family has been placed in expedited removal, which allows for rapid deportation without a court hearing. The family’s attorneys fear they could be deported before their lawsuit is heard.
Wasn’t it less than a year ago Republicans were saying they were okay with immigration, they just want people to go through the legal process
I don’t know, I was too busy eating cats and dogs.
We all knew that was a lie for most of them. They just didn’t have the power or public support. It’s not that they have more support now, but the support is way more public.
The have the power of all three branches of government, they don’t need the public anymore.
And anyway, the public will forget before the next election anyway, they will just make eggs more expensive or butter, or something.