Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
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Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

Thomas, a 35-year-old tech worker and father of three from Ireland, came to West Virginia to visit his girlfriend last fall. It was one of many trips he had taken to the US, and he was authorized to travel under a visa waiver program that allows tourists to stay in the country for 90 days.

He had planned to return to Ireland in December, but was briefly unable to fly due to a health issue, his medical records show. He was only three days overdue to leave the US when an encounter with police landed him in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody.

From there, what should have been a minor incident became a nightmarish ordeal: he was detained by Ice in three different facilities, ultimately spending roughly 100 days behind bars with little understanding of why he was being held – or when he’d get out.

  • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I see what you’re implying. However:

    Quote:

    Homicide has been the leading cause of death [in youths age 1-19] since 2017 in Mexico…it reached 6.5 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.

    But in Figure 1 here, it shows the rate among US children to be about 1.5 per 100,000, in the same year, 2022.

    Children are, likewise re the general population, four times more likely to be murdered in Mexico as in the US.

    Also worth pointing out that in 2022, the rate for only Mexican children (6.5) is greater than the rate for all ages in the US (6.3). That fact should speak volumes all on its own.