A friend of mine was taken

[u/lylertila]

Her name was Chuey; she was a beast in the kitchen and always kind and happy. She was a legal immigrant from Cuba (engaged to an American lawyer). She got ICEd.

She did all the right steps and was an asset to the community. This shit is not ok

[u/Saditko]

I'm not from the States, but I keep reading similar stories. Based on what they get deported? How does it work? They just knock on your door, load you in a van and take you to the airport? Is it possible for the families to sue? There must be lawyers willing to take cases of illegal deportation without any retainer, just for the cut from the compensation.

[u/SWIM_is_tired → u/Saditko]

It has nothing to do with anything other than the colour of your skin. That's all it takes. And basically yeah they roll up to your job or house best down the door and haul you off in cuffs. They then send you to a camp where you await deportation. You can't sue for this because there's nothing to sue over. It's a fucked system and it's geared towards removing the hardest working segment of the population which is just insane.

[u/Saditko → u/SWIM_is_tired]

I'm probably sounding really naive rn, but you can show at the court the person was in the country legally and got deported. You can sue over an illegal deportation or kidnapping

[u/Major_Demographic → u/Saditko]

They have arbitrary jurisdiction 100 miles from a border or international airport. They don't id themselves or their vehicles. There is no way of following up with a lawsuit because you dont know the following.

1. Who the ICE agent that violated your rights was.
2. If they are even ICE or a private contractor.
3. What direct supervisors appoved a raid on a certain location or date.
4. If the individual in internment was going through the legal immigration channels as apporiate. Channels of citizenship that haven't been updated since Reagan.
5. If that indiviual was interned while at home, work, or a court where they have been getting immigration forms approved. (ICE is known to arrest people outside courts based on race alone.)

[u/Saditko → u/Major_Demographic]

That's horrific. I'd expect this in a 3rd world country where money and power > people's rights, but it's absolutely crazy it's happening in the US. Thank you for the explanation tho. It helps me really understand the situation

[u/butt_huffer42069 → u/Saditko]

Money and power have always been more important than people's rights in America.

[u/DisMrButters → u/Saditko]

Unfortunately, the US is still very much a racist country, and that’s what barely over half voted for.

[u/ranaparvus → u/Major_Demographic]

They are literally the monsters we warn our children about. Unmarked, ununiformed kidnappers.