An 8-year-old Haitian boy is in federal custody after showing up for a scheduled immigration appointment earlier this week.

The incident was documented on video Wednesday by Karen Pohl, a volunteer immigration court observer with the group Detention Resistance. She said she’s never seen someone that young being detained before.

“It was just — I couldn't believe what I was seeing because I had never watched a child by himself get detained in that manner,” Pohl said.

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[–] 21 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Easiest way to explain how this is illegitimate (on the part of ICE, just so we’re clear):

If he was at immigration court, to have a hearing about his immigration situation, why would ICE, the immigration enforcement, arrest him?

Isn’t their job supposedly to take people with issues before immigration court so those issues can be litigated? Why is ICE also the Judge? What part of the constitution allows law enforcement to act unilaterally and enact punishment?

In a normal America, what ICE is doing doesn’t make sense. So, they’re illegal secret police and should all be tried for treason.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    It's not the first time, unfortunately. ICE has been camping out at immigration court to brutalize anyone they don't like. They've even been targeting the judges:

    A former Wisconsin judge who was convicted of felony obstruction for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has been spared prison. - article

    ICE is no different than the Gestapo. Anyone who supports them or works for them now would've had a Lee Einfeld pointed in their direction during WW2

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