Texas imprisoned migrants after they should have been released, lawsuit claims
Texas imprisoned migrants after they should have been released, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit alleges that four migrants who were arrested under Operation Lone Star remained locked up as long as six weeks after their criminal trespassing cases were dismissed or they served their sentences.
Immigrant rights advocates on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against two South Texas sheriffs and two state prison wardens on behalf of four Mexican migrants, claiming they were held in prison for as long as six weeks after they served their sentences or had their trespassing charges dropped.
The lawsuit, filed in the Western District of Texas by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the Texas Fair Defense Project and the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling, claims that thousands of other people were also detained longer than they should have been under Operation Lone Star, the border enforcement program Gov. Greg Abbott launched in 2021.
Alternative Headline: Conservatives are Xenophobes and Racists, Enjoy Oppressing the Vulnerable
Tejas should get some kind of humanitarian award this year
I've found that you have to lay on the sarcasm extra thick to have a comment override Poe's law these days.
I kind of hate tagging things '/s,' but I do get it, especially on the Internet where nuance is lost or people might not speak English as their first language.
Sure, if you're going to sugarcoat it I suppose. I see it as part of reading comprehension and nuanced language skills that the internet and text messages have understandably changed things, for better or worse. It is what it is. This one in particular bums me out, cause I'm badbrainstorm, and a super smartass. I even have my own Ali G type characters in my head that are rediculous af
I’ve noticed we still seem to need the /s for this.