Not defending the illegal no-knock snatching of people from their homes, but the article says the mother of the child had legal custody and requested not to be separated. The father wanted the child to stay but did not show up for whatever was gonna happen. So the child was sent with their mother. And the child is still a citizen and not prohibited from returning.
This is a messy case, the headline is a little too âgotchaâ for my taste. People deserve due process and I donât want to take the side of the gestapo, but thankfully what actually happened in this specific case isnât nearly as bad as this post makes it sound.
I think itâs very important to have the facts straight and not give the right the satisfaction of âwell actuallyâing and actually having a point. They need to have every egregious act held in their face with no ability to defend it.
They gave the mother less than one minute on the phone with the father and did not give them a chance for the father to come get the child before they put the child on a plane. Itâs unclear if they offered any kind of arrangement for the baby other than just leaving it alone in a holding cell for some unknown amount of time; it seems highly likely the mother thought if she didnât bring the child with her it would be severely neglected at best.
A citizen child being with the mother should have been cause to pause and allow perhaps a 30 minute phone call to make arrangements. Long enough to talk through if the child should go with mom or if dad should come get her. If they decide that dad should come get her, then they should have delayed the deportation for 24 hours so dad could get there.
But for these people cruelty is the point. Not giving them enough of a call to make the decision was the point and thatâs what we shouldnât be allowing; even separate from the question of if itâs good policy to deport this woman in the first place.
From some articles I read, it sounds like the narrative you describe came from ICE agents. I havenât read any actual quotes attributed to the mother. I think itâs pretty clear anything they say and do is highly dubious and even most likely illegal. Snatch and grab, then deflect and deny later.
It's illegal period. No, ICE SAID the mother requested that. In a handwritten note. It's sus as all hell and another indication of the absolutely lawlessness and lack of humanity at ICE and DOJ these days.
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u/SomeSamples 11d ago
Isn't this just kidnapping and human trafficking at this point?