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ICE Detains 10 Year old With Cerebral Palsy After Surgery

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 05:28:33 PM EST
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In the "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" and "Why They Hate Us" Departments: ICE sat outside a hospital this week where a 10 year old with cerebral palsy was undergoing emergency gall bladder surgery, and when it was over and she was out of the recovery room, took her to an immigration facility 150 miles from her home.

"It is stunning that federal agents would wait outside of a hospital room for a 10-year-old child with cerebral palsy," U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas said. "They are treating her like a convict."

The child, Rosa Maria, was three months old when she was brought to the U.S. She has has the mental capacity of a four or five year old, and has no idea what is happening.

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    I hate this administration (5.00 / 3) (#1)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 06:18:54 PM EST
    EVIL PEOPLE!!!

    "People" have hearts; these people (5.00 / 4) (#2)
    by Anne on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 07:01:07 PM EST
    have tiny, cold stones in their chest cavities.

    I think about my almost-5 yr old grandson, and try to imagine the trauma he would be experiencing if he were in this situation, and I want to cry.

    If we allow this kind of evil to prevail, we are toast.

    Parent

    I know (none / 0) (#3)
    by Ga6thDem on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 08:00:41 PM EST
    and everyday is more sickening than the last.

    Parent
    Contemplating a day trip to Rosarito (5.00 / 3) (#4)
    by oculus on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 08:08:54 PM EST
    Beach or longer in Ensenada during Christmas week. The Mexican people are so friendly and welcoming.

    Yes, for the most part. But keep your wits (none / 0) (#25)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 03:52:15 PM EST
    about you.

    I was drugged by the bartender in Rosarito back in the day. If it happened back then, it is almost assuredly much more common today.

    Parent

    Scary. Which bar? (none / 0) (#27)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 07:50:27 PM EST


    Parent
    Ha! It was a year or two ago! (none / 0) (#31)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Sat Oct 28, 2017 at 11:04:41 AM EST
    It was a little bar/restaurant south of town on the highway.

    Parent
    You can't tell oculus this (none / 0) (#28)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 08:41:39 PM EST
    I can barely get oculus to a Brooklyn bar :)

    Parent
    She is crying for her mother (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Towanda on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 11:08:05 AM EST
    according to reports today, and cannot see her family for three weeks of detention, which must be terrifying for any child but esp cially with her physicsl and cognitive disabilities. They only can talk on the phone, only occasionally and briefly, because the parents dare not again do the drive that requires the border patrol stop that caught them and started this horror.

    I hate this, and the Trump administration and all who support it.

    This is child abuse, absolutely (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by Zorba on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 12:00:13 PM EST
    There is no excuse for treating any young child this way, but particularly one who is not only recovering from gall bladder surgery, but is developmentally disabled!
    She cannot understand what is being done to her, or why she cannot see her mother.
    If this was a private entity treating a child this way, Child and Protective Services would absolutely be on their @sses.
    ICE needs to be totally cleaned up and cleaned out.
    Fire everyone there and train some people to take over who have at least some humanitarian principles.
    I totally agree with you, Towanda.  I hate this, and I hate the whole administration and its supporters.
    Growing up, I was taught not to hate, but I cannot help it in this case.


    Parent
    You can't fire people (none / 0) (#17)
    by Chuck0 on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 12:07:09 PM EST
    who are doing the bidding of their bosses. This is happening with the tacit approval of DHS management and pretender in chief at 1600 PA ave.

    Parent
    Yes, well (none / 0) (#21)
    by Zorba on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 12:58:59 PM EST
    That doesn't say anything good about DHS and the (so-called) President, does it?

    Parent
    Beginning to lose hope (5.00 / 2) (#26)
    by Coral on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 04:40:12 PM EST
    Despite so much resistance activity, I'm disheartened by the lack of democracy built into our system--the gerrymandering, electoral college, the capture of state legislatures by right-wing GOP.

    Fear that we may be losing the ability to rebound from the catastrophe of Nov 2016.

    Republicans have the Presidency, the Senate (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 08:47:14 PM EST
    The House

    The Supreme court

    And now they are stacking the judicial system.

    Only good people willing to speak and act will save us.

    Parent

    Ready for some revolution yet. (2.67 / 3) (#6)
    by Chuck0 on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 09:34:18 PM EST
    There's plenty of hand wringing here at the mention of violence. However much political change has come from the barrel of a gun. Case in point, the first American Revolution.

    no (4.00 / 3) (#7)
    by linea on Thu Oct 26, 2017 at 09:41:26 PM EST
    we are a democratic nation. your propensity toward armed violence is misplaced. sorry.

    Parent
    I mostly agree with you (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by CST on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 09:44:31 AM EST
    We're not there yet.  But it's really hard sometimes to figure out what you're "supposed" to do in these scenarios.

    Germany was also a "Democratic Nation" when Hitler came to power.  So are a lot of nations with dictators today.

    I'd say right now the difference