ziembavision.bsky.social
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Anyways, I hope the man is doing okay who allegedly got beaten up by guards on the ICE deportation flight while fully shackled, then left in Bogota. And I genuinely wonder how many more cases there are like this that will never see the light of day.
Thanks for reading. END/
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In the case of the assault on the flight, the only reason we even know that it happened is because it was investigated by DHS's office of civil rights and civil liberties, an office that was recently gutted by the new administration. 6/
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
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That same facility has come under fire recently for overcrowding and multiple migrant deaths.
You should read the excellent recent reporting of @laurenvillagran.bsky.social about this facility. 5/
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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This particular Alaska Native Corporation doesn't have a great track record in terms of human rights abuses at their facilities, but they continue to acquire large federal ICE contracts -- they recently got a $685 million contract to run a Miami detention facility until 2034. 4/
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Many Alaska Native Corporations are deeply involved in ICE detention, a fact that is often hidden on their websites and unknown to their indigenous shareholders. I wrote about this issue a couple years ago if you're curious to learn more 3/
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Those guards worked for a subsidiary of Akima, the same company that runs immigrant detention at Guantanamo Bay. Akima is itself a subsidiary of Nana, an Alaska Native Corporation that ranks among the top federal contractors. 2/
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New piece now in @nytimes.com about this but not much new info, plus a lot of details about the woman’s death were omitted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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@theguardian.com published an investigation recently with more information about the contractor that staffed the guards on this flight if you’re curious to learn more.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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1) immigration violations are civil offenses, not criminal. 2) he was walking to the bathroom, and was allegedly shoved then hit repeatedly while he was down.
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More info at @tucsonsentinel.com now
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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Thank you for sharing!
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“Logs note that multiple welfare checks were conducted, however, CBP OPR was unable to verify if those checks actually occurred, and for some of them, a Border Patrol Processing Coordinator (BPPC) stated that he did not conduct the logged checks.”
Make it make sense
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Same
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1. Assault on fully shackled detainee in 2022, unreported by both guards and contractors, by @ziembavision.bsky.social and @schwellenbach.bsky.social www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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“Given that this incident wasn’t reported as an excessive use of force — despite the alleged assault occurring while the immigrant was in shackles — what does that say about the likelihood of other assaults falling through the cracks?”
- @adamisacson.com
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ICE’s official policy is to fully restrain all migrants on domestic and international ICE Air flights, with an exception for people who are pregnant or post-delivery.
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Neither ICE nor the contractor staffing the guards on the flight reported the incident as a use of force.
@tomcartwright.bsky.social argues this lack of transparency by ICE is “a pattern and a practice.”
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Hi @washingtonpost.com it’d be great if you didn’t use a paywall on public safety information like this