US-born teen in border custody for 23 days sues government
Source: The Guardian
A mother and her American-born teenage son are suing two US government agencies and speaking out over the inhumane conditions they said he endured while taken into border custody for more than three weeks. Francisco Galicia, 18, from Edinburg, Texas, was released from detention earlier this week after an ordeal in which he said he lost 26 pounds, was kept in a crowded space with 60 others and, for 23 days, wasn’t allowed to call his family or a lawyer, brush his teeth, or get access to a toilet, shower or bed. “Imagine going 23 days without a shower, [proper] sleep, with malnutrition and being forced to sleep on the floor” He was so desperate in the face of the conditions, and unable to communicate with anyone outside, that he almost allowed himself to be deported to Mexico.
Francisco was kept in custody, variously, by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after going through a federal checkpoint 75 miles from the US-Mexico border in Texas, in Falfurrias, while driving to a soccer scouting event.When he presented his state-issued identification, a wallet-sized copy of his birth certificate and his social security card, they were rejected by agents, the family said.
Francisco was freed this week from the South Texas detention complex in Pearsall, near San Antonio, amid pressure from friends and advocates in a campaign that spread via social and mainstream media. His attorney, Claudia Galan, believes Francisco was a victim of racial profiling. “Law enforcement said his birth certificate was fake. That he was not born in the US, The way he was interrogated and harassed, it’s a scare tactic that shouldn’t be allowed in law enforcement at all,” Galan said. Ice did not respond to requests for comment. CBP has asserted that Galicia didn’t claim US citizenship.
“If you’re not white, you can pretty much be deported even if you’re a US citizen,” Galan said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/26/francisco-galicia-us-mexico-immigration-border
Sat 27 Jul 2019 06.00 BST
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Claudia Galan, Galicia’s attorney, produced a notice to appear that DHS issued to Francisco that reads:
“On or about June 27, 2019, you were found at the Falfurrias, Texas, Border Patrol Checkpoint, a distance of more than 25 miles from the United States border with Mexico ... You did not receive the permission of an immigration officer to proceed beyond that 25 mile limit ... At that time, you falsely represented yourself to be a citizen of the United States for the purpose of furthering your entry into the United States.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2019/07/25/border-patrol-chief-testifies-francisco-galicia-never-claimed-us-citizenship-document-says-otherwise
Am I reading your post wrong, or is that more disgusting than the shit spewed by orange anus and co.?
or which country you hold citizenship. Americans are white just like Santa Claus and Jesus Christ are white, just accept it and don't question it. Brown Americans just don't exist. 
