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US Citizen Detained for 10 Days After He Asked Border Patrol Officer for Help (truthout.org)

submitted 17 hours ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Border agents forced the 19-year-old, who cannot read, to sign a transcript of his arrest he says was false.

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[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Don’t they have to release you after 48 hours if they don’t charge you with a crime?

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

You're forgetting that the border patrol doesn't have to follow laws

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago

Or anyone in the Trump administration

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