Let me fuckin tell ya’ll about these “detention centers” undocumented immigrants go once they’re rounded up by ICE officers. These innocent people have to go through one of the most gruesome and harsh conditions just for trying to start a new life in America. The so called “land of the free”.
Detention centers for illegal immigrants is nothing new. In fact, these centers were running during Obama’s AND Bush’ presidency. But this problem is gonna get a lot worse with Trump’s terrible obsession with cracking down on immigrants. These “detention centers” are going to get crazy crowded (like it isn’t crowded enough). The immigrants are being in a crammed cold cells for more than 72 hours, (
Department of Homeland Security’s own 2008 guidelines say the cells aren’t meant for more than a 12-hour processing period.) they’re being prevented from wearing extra layers of clothing, they’re woken up every 15 minutes, they’re given little to no medical care when needed, they’re sleeping on toilet paper so that the cement floor won’t be as uncomfortable, they’re being deprived of home-cooked meals, and they’re being sleep deprived. For what? For coming here “illegally”? For not wanting to go through the painful decade long process of becoming “legal”? The government isn’t doing anything about this because since they’re “illegal”, they barely have the same constitutional rights as a prisoner.
-Immigrant homes are being raided
-Immigrants are taken from their homes
-Immigrants are taken to these “centers”
-Immigrants are treated like shit in these “centers”
Idk guys but it sounds like……. history is….. repeating itself…………….
So…. basically internment camps are a thing right now and we didn’t even know about them.
They avoid calling them that because treating people like shit is somehow better when its called “detention centers”
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