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Do you remember when Rümeysa Öztürk was surrounded by ICE thugs? It was caught on video right in the beginning of the raids. She's the perfect person to write about what's really going on. Hideous!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison
Even God Cannot Hear Us Here: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Womens Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility. She recalls the generous and compassionate women who helped her through this harrowing ordeal.

Karadeniz
(24,568 posts)questionseverything
(11,099 posts)WVGal1963
(211 posts)Oh so powerful. Please rec and read DU friends!
Biophilic
(5,890 posts)I had to stop and catch not just my breath but my soul. I hate this.
Disaffected
(5,766 posts)erronis
(20,688 posts)littlemissmartypants
(28,518 posts)Disaffected
(5,766 posts)littlemissmartypants
(28,518 posts)berniesandersmittens
(12,208 posts)My heart breaks for these women. Ozturk is a gifted writer who, I'm convinced, we'll hear about for years to come.
This is not America. This is not Democracy. This is not humane.
dalton99a
(89,522 posts)I had tears in my eyes. I realized that our tax dollars are supporting this and I just can't deal with that. I have been to every protest I can, but it now seems like I haven't done anything.
Johnny2X2X
(23,096 posts)The plan has always been to treat anyone who opposes them like this, not just immigrants.
byronius
(7,782 posts)The Republican Party will never rid themselves of the Nazi stench of this.