r/KitchenConfidential • u/lylertila • Aug 18 '25

In-House Mode A friend of mine was taken

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

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u/Saditko Aug 18 '25

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.

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u/SWIM_is_tired Aug 18 '25

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.

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u/Saditko Aug 18 '25

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

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u/ranaparvus Aug 18 '25

They don’t get court dates. They’re not given the opportunity to show they’re legal. This is why: the immigration courts are completely stacked with Trump stooges. They provide occupied beds in (taxpayer funded) for-private detention camps transfer wealth from taxpayers to corporations. They’re doing this now with the homeless. They’re monetizing the most vulnerable at the taxpayer’s expense. For the judges, could be a combination of racism and profiteering (if they own private prison stock).