US border agents habitually abuse human rights, report reveals

3 years ago by NightOwl to c/worldnews

Report shows ‘lack of accountability’ for misuse of lethal force, intimidation, sexual harassment and falsifying documents
SantaClaus 25 points 3 years ago

surprised, anyone?

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uphillbothways 21 points 3 years ago

Cops become cops because they think they are above consequences. Everyone else thinks they're just scumbags.

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chemicalprophet -1 points 3 years ago

🤘🏿🏴🏴🏴

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Erikatharsis 16 points 3 years ago

In other news, water is wet, as anyone detained at Guantanamo Bay can readily attest

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Dubious_Fart 13 points 3 years ago

Who would have thought that a agency thats dedicated to treating vulnerable, displaced, often non-white people like criminals and less-thans would have a history of horrific abuse and exploitation!

I certainly did!

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autotldr 5 points 3 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The report, compiled by the Washington Office on Latin America (Wola) and the Kino Border Initiative (KBI), migrant rights advocacy groups, details a pattern of misuse of lethal force, intimidation, sexual harassment and falsifying documents.

The authors wrote: “The lack of accountability is so widespread that it helps cement in place a culture that enables human rights violations.

One migrant who filed a complaint after agents using a four-wheel vehicle hit him and ran over his leg, said: “Border patrol has the right to apprehend someone but in the proper way, not wrongfully.

Thanks be to God – he gave me the strength to endure and overcome what they did to me … People do not have to put up with border patrol’s abuses.

KBI tracked 78 complaints filed on behalf of migrants between 2010 and 2022, of which it said 95% led to no proper investigation or disciplinary action.

Wola maintains its own database of complaints of alleged abusive or improper conduct, currently including 409 cases.


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Zehzin 4 points 3 years ago

Shocked Pikachu

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kitonthenet 3 points 3 years ago

Absolutely have to bust up DHS, it’s insane that the same agency that does TSA does border enforcement, split ice into INS and customs again

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Dekthro 1 point 3 years ago
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Sharkwellington 8 points 3 years ago

Just letting you know that your comment looks a lot like you don't care about human rights abuses so you might want to fix that.

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Dekthro 1 point 3 years ago

That was not my intent, sorry.

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