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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick Profile picture
@ReichlinMelnick
Sep 15, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
After a lot of thought, I deleted this tweet. My intent in posting it was to emphasize that the allegations reveal the routine cruelty and horrors caused by ICE's utter failure to care for the health of people it locks up in private prisons—but do not reveal systematic eugenics.
Whistleblowers have been coming forward for years to reveal that people have died of preventable deaths inside ICE detention centers. We know medical services given to people in detention are routinely insufficient. Yesterday's allegations supported that. tyt.com/stories/4vZLCH…
I firmly believe that yesterday's allegations should be taken in context with the detailed reporting and activism around the appalling and horrific conditions in detention centers around the country, not just for women, but for everyone that suffers while locked in a cage.
But because my original tweet couldn't express that all in 240 characters, my point was lost and I gave the false impression to many that I was trying to downplay the allegations or shift blame away from ICE or the problems inherent in the system at large. It was not my intent.

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Jul 13
NEW: @MiamiHerald confirms that 1/3 of the people sent to the Everglades Detention Camp have NO CRIMINAL RECORD, making clear that federal and state officials LIED about who would be detained there.

Of those who do have charges, many have low-level traffic offenses. Image
That is FALSE. What you posted below is the criminal charge for improper entry, the act of entering without inspection.

*Entry* is distinct from presence. After all, visa overstays entered legally, but are present unlawfully. The Supreme Court is clear; presence is not a crime. Image
That is FALSE for two reasons:

1) As noted above, being present in the country illegally is not a crime.
2) “Criminal record” means actually arrested and prosecuted. We’ve ALL done things which *could* have been prosecuted but weren’t. Doesn’t mean we all have criminal records.
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Jul 7
NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people

Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years. Image
That is not how ANYTHING works. You cannot just apply to become a citizen! There is no “line” that people can get in.

To learn the basics of the US immigration system, check out our fact sheet: americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/how… x.com/ldsanty/status…
That is not how TPS works. No one enters on TPS. As a status it is ONLY available for people who are already inside the United States at the time the designation happens.

To learn the basics of Temporary Protected Status, check out our fact sheet: americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/tem… x.com/julindalace/st…
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Jul 3
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
Here is the funding for immigration enforcement in the bill, to be spent through September 30, 2029.

- $74.9 billion for ICE detention and removal
- $65.6 billion for CBP infrastructure, hiring, tech
- $10 billion DHS slush fund
- $3.5 billion for state enforcement

And more! Image
Read more about what's in the bill that just passed in our explainer. We estimate that ICE could increase detention capacity to at least 116,000 beds, including over 40,000 detention beds in tent camps — which we believe is a conservative estimate. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/hou…
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Jul 1
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
For those curious, those white things hanging from the ceiling are ventilation and air conditioning (which is seemingly not turned on where the picture was taken). If you count from the foreground, you can see one actively in use 7 down; it's inflated. Air comes out of the holes.
Seen some questions about where bathrooms are. Hard to say.

When I visited a CBP facility in Tucson that was built off of a similar model, there was a modified port-a-potty in the back of each cell and more bathrooms/showers outside of the cells.
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Jun 28
If the bill passes, it could make ICE the nation’s largest jailer, with more funding for detention than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons. It would give ICE enough money to have more officers on board than the entire FBI.

This alone could transform American society forever.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring
- And more
Read more about what’s in the reconciliation bill here. Note that our analysis has not yet been fully updated with changes made in the Senate bill.

Should it pass the Senate, we’ll be updating this ASAP Monday. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/…
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NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, tells Congress that Emil Bove suggested the DOJ respond to any court orders blocking the CECOT deportations with "fuck you."

He also says DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign lied to Judge Boasberg. Bove then made a remark concerning the possibility that a court order would enjoin those removals before they could be effectuated. Bove stated that DOJ would need to consider telling the courts "fuck you” and ignore any such court order. Mr. Reuveni perceived that others in the room looked stunned, and he observed awkward, nervous glances among people in the room. Silence overtook the room. Mr. Reuveni and others were quickly ushered out of the room. Notwithstanding Bove's directive, Mr. Reuveni left the meeting understanding that DOJ would tell DHS to follow all court orders.21 - Mr....
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He says Ensign was at a meeting the day before when the flight were planned! Image
Reuveni says that on March 15 he was emailing DHS updates telling them that Judge Boasberg was ordering DHS to halt the flights.

His supervisor, August Flentje, noted Bove's "fuck you" line and joked Reuveni might be fired for telling DHS not to violate the order. Image
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