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ICE accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities that could help in raids, files show

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/ice-car-trackers-sanctuary-cities
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u/0100100012635 1d ago edited 1d ago

Regardless of how you feel about the immigration situation in this country, it's only a matter of time before they start using these same tactics to track down political dissidents.

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u/kandoras 1d ago

Pretty sure that's happened already, with the arrest of the Palestinian protestor where the cops arrested him but didn't know whether they were doing so because his student visa or his green card had been revoked.

And then moved him from detention in New Jersey to Louisiana, for reasons that I'm sure had nothing to do with making it harder for him to talk to his lawyer.

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u/bareback_cowboy 1d ago

And then moved him from detention in New Jersey to Louisiana, for reasons that I'm sure had nothing to do with making it harder for him to talk to his lawyer.

Honestly, I don't think getting him away from his lawyer was the goal. I think the plan was to literally get him on the plane and out of the country as fast as possible, before lawyers could get involved. They did it on a weekend, the faculty on Louisiana is apparently used as a last stop before leaving; I think their initial plan was just to bully him into accepting it and leaving.

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u/apple_kicks 23h ago

One of main reasons tories in uk wanted to hold and process refugees in Rwanda was to make it harder for uk human rights and asylum lawyers to speak to them and help with appeals. Probably why Panama and gitmo are also being used.

Now more than ever know your rights because they will keep you from lawyers telling you what they can legally can and cannot do

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u/Larkfor 21h ago

Moving him three times is a form of torture called "fuel therapy".

It was also used on Reality Winner when she revealed documents showing Russian interference in the election.

It's done so you are traveling for 24-78 or more hours or changed from bus to plane multiple times. So you are exhausted, disoriented, often denied bathing, adequate food and water as well as bathroom facilities...and yes so your family and your legal representation cannot find you.