A Portland mother and her four children, who are U.S. citizens, are being detained in Ferndale by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, according to U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter of Oregon’s 3rd congressional district. The family has been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, according to their lawyer, Jill Nedved with Gonzales Law Office in Seattle.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Isn’t that a textbook Fourth Amendment case?

    I know they supposedly have some kind of holding period and this has been happening to minorities forever, and techically the mother requested she remain with her children, with no mention of her citizenship status in any of the reporting, other than she likely had a legal visa or something. But she was denied council and held. A congresswoman and her office are witnesses.

    It feels so dramatic that you’d think the ACLU or someone would jump on it as a test case.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 days ago

      Sticks that it’s just a piece of paper. None of your rights matter if they are not enforced.

      And none of your rights matter to the people willing and happy to take them away.

      Claiming your rights are being violated as you’re stuffed in a van won’t help you. Your “rights” won’t help you as you drown in a cage, or die of dehydration, or of a treated illness your treatment is denied for.

      The law is a weapon against the people now.