ICE Kept 92 Immigrants Shackled On A Plane for Two Days
Source: Newsweek Magazine
ICE KEPT 92 IMMIGRANTS SHACKLED ON A PLANE FOR TWO DAYS IN 'SLAVE SHIP' CONDITIONS, ADVOCATES SAY
BY CARLOS BALLESTEROS ON 12/14/17 AT 9:48 AM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement kept 92 Somali immigrants chained on an airplane for 46 hours in "slave ship" conditions in a botched attempt to deport them back to Somalia earlier this month, detainees and advocates say.
The plane carrying the Somalischartered by ICE Air Operations Divisionmade a pit stop in Dakar, Senegal, 10 hours after taking off from Louisiana on Dec, 7. But the plane never made it to Mogadishu. Instead, after being parked on the tarmac for nearly a day, ICE turned around and made the 4,600-mile flight back to the United States on December 9.
According to one of the men on the plane and an attorney for two others interviewed by Newsweek, ICE deprived the Somalis of adequate food, water, and access to a working bathroom during their two-day detention onboard, forcing them to urinate in empty water bottles or, when they ran out of water bottles, on themselves.
The Somalis also claim that the plane's air conditioning system was dysfunctional, making it hard to breathe in the crowded cabin. One of the immigrants also says he and another Somali were hit in the face by ICE agents on board.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/ice-deports-92-somalians-plane-human-rights-747557
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)GOP bringing slave ships back in vogue.
awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)Hard to believe it's 2017.
lucca18
(1,242 posts)How can they do this....
How do they live with themselves....
Yes, this is evil.
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)snakes are crawling on top of them!!
democrank
(11,096 posts)That's what this country is facing....anything goes. Anything.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)dembotoz
(16,808 posts)byronius
(7,395 posts)Really, that's not hyperbole. They're Nazis.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)The stories about ICE this past year have been horrifying.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)What's behind the decision to treat human beings this way?
How could anyone be a part of this?
Looks as the "civilization" in our society is a very weak imitation, getting more stretched every day. They think they can treat poor immigrants this way since they have no powerful allies to defend them.
From the article:
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)as a US citizen was ICE then INS
KT2000
(20,584 posts)This needs to be well known and open investigation by Congress.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Sounds like there are quite a few...
KG
(28,751 posts)Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)Just what?