Guardian claims this is the first death while transporting from jail to federal detention. It does not mention that 10 have already died in this year alone, more than any other year and we’re only half way in.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/number-deaths-ice-custody-already-double-last-year-rcna154659

Know your rights:

• Remain calm
• Do not speak. “I choose to remain silent. I wish to speak to a lawyer.”
• Do not open you door. Demand to see a signed judicial warrant, not an ICE administrative warrant.
• Do not sign anything. It might an agreement to deportation. Only sign anything with assistance from a lawyer.
• Always carry documentation. Prepare guardianship authorization. Notify emergency contacts.
• Record interactions if safe. Do not physically resist if entry is forced, “I do not consent to your entry.” Do not interfere with an arrest.
• Notify local rapid response network.

I don’t know what’s worse. Deporting children to a country they’ve never seen or deporting people who’ve been here longer than some of us have been alive.

You can come on a visa, seek asylum, overstay. It’s not improper entry or illegal presence, it’s exempt for asylum seekers.

ICE is arresting people who are coming legally. People who never chose to come here. People who’ve done everything right.

I grew up in the Midwest as a child of a Mexican and American. By 16, I was regurgitating Ben Shapiro anti-immigration rhetoric. Why?

The same reason anyone is racist. I grew up around it. The people I knew and loved were white and that was reflected in the media I was exposed to. Subliminal messages and implied suggestions over entire childhood. They might claim they don’t like the illegal, but the truth is that they’ve internalized the hatred of the culture they identify with.