Tag: Customs and Border Control
U.S. border agents rip children away from immigrants with HIV
This week, Chief Brian Hastings, a top official within U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee member Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland that immigration officials will separate immigrant children from parents if their parents are HIV-positive, according to The Washington Blade.
Hastings said the policy exists because HIV is considered “a communicable disease under the guidance” even though HIV is not communicable by contact.” He couldn’t say whether the policy originated from CBP’s legal...
Border Patrol agents humiliated an immigrant by forcing him to hold a ‘I like...
Border Patrol agents laughed at a male immigrant being held at a processing center in Texas who was forced to walk around with a sign that said, “I like men.”
According to emails sent by an agent who witnessed the incident, a Honduran man was paraded around the El Paso Processing Center in front of other migrants while holding a sign that said, “Me gustan los hombres,” which means “I like men” in Spanish.
In an attempt to humiliate a Honduran...
