Demand Detainees Receive Legal and Humane Treatment
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Demand detainees are treated like people, people who are recognized and protected by our constitution!
In 1982 the Supreme Court ruled illegal aliens are among the “Persons” included in Bill of Rights.* These individuals are intended to enjoy the same rights & protections as citizens including the right to due process and protection from illegal detention, search and seizure and cruel and unusual punishment.** Therefore, this is not “Woke sh*t”, it is the product of our constitution and a central point in our democracy.
It has been documented for years that the conditions in some of these detention facilities are horrible.*** These conditions include inadequate medical care, filthy conditions, harassment and abuse. Conditions have deteriorated further as DHS rounds up individuals and families without having addressed these known issues and the sheer volume of detainees exacerbates all of these injustices.
Detainees are frequently sent to detention facilities far away from where they were detained, at times in different states. This is another form of abuse and it is also psychological warfare. These are not people who have enjoyed due process and been sentenced, they are simply being detained, and this threatens their access to their families and supports, local legal representation, and spiritual care.
Even children are being detained without due process. They are housed inside what is effectively a prison without proper education, medical care, pastoral care or emotional care. Simultaneously they are enduring traumas of detainment, separation from their families, supports and communities and abuses within the walls of these facilities. Recent reports include ones that they are even having their crayons and colored pencils confiscated.†
The number of abuses and tragedies occurring due to this Administration’s crack down on immigration are too many to list. The news is full of these stories. It is our job as concerned citizens to speak out on the behalf of those who cannot and make a simple request, “Treat them like people, people who are recognized and protected by our constitution!”
