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The family had been staying with a relative in Los Angeles for the previous seven months after crossing the border legally for a court appointment through the now-defunct CBP One App to seek asylum in October of last year. They had been granted parole status in the U.S. while they waited for their day in immigration court.

"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying," Mukherjee said. “The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours.”

The 6-year-old boy has been diagnosed with leukemia and has missed a medical appointment to be treated for worsening symptoms

The Texas Civil Rights Project says the family has been placed in expedited removal, which allows for rapid deportation without a court hearing. The family’s attorneys fear they could be deported before their lawsuit is heard.

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    the fact that ICE is targeting anyone at immigration court tells us all exactly how hateful they and this admin is. these are people who are literally going through the legal system of immigration. they are not the same criminals that are publicly being talked about by the administration.

    ice is specifically targeting good people because it’s easy to get the list. using courts, using IRS fillings, profiling on the streets.

    they are lazy. ice is purposefully not doing the work of finding and stopping real criminals. they are doing everything they can to avoid criminals. they are cowards, lazy cowards who only pretend to love this country but really they love the feeling they get when their boot is on someone’s neck.

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    I do not care the reason, if you have scared a 6 year old so bad he’s pissed himself, then you are indeed the “baddie”…

    No child should suffer this kind of trauma at the hand of an adult. And if they do, than that adult responsible needs the ever lovin’ shit beat out of them. Period. End of sentence.

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    "They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying,"

    Now who here thinks this sentence sounds like law enforcement in action in real life and not an excerpt from a badly written gangbanger movie?

    The kid having leukemia makes this very much a cruel an unusual decision. Can’t say “punishment” since they’d argue it’s not a punishment, just bureaucracy. But them not being able to known where they’re gonna even have to go looking for healthcare is just horrific.

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    Why do these thugs always strike a pose when there’s a camera? Crossing their arms, crossing their legs, leaning back as if they’re Clint Eastwood. Fucking cosplayers, all of them.

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    Perhaps DOGE should be installed at ICE and lay off all these pieces of shit instead of making it harder for people to get the benefits they already paid for.

    There seems to be a ton of fraud waste and abuse going on at ICE.

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    trump administration is afraid of sickly children. something like this doesn’t happen by mistake. it takes people a specific group of evil scum bag people to do something like this.

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    I would love to hear from the children of these monsters. I would despise my dad if he was an ice agent. I would say im surprised at how easy these people give up their humanity when given the order to, but I know enough about history to remember that fascism shows us what these guys are capable of when they’re off the leash.