ICE guards accused of "systematic" sexual assaults in their El Paso jail

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

ICE guards ‘systematically’ sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center, lawyers say

Guards in an immigrant detention center in El Paso sexually assaulted and harassed inmates in a “pattern and practice” of abuse, according to a complaint filed by a Texas advocacy group urging the local district attorney and federal prosecutors to conduct a criminal investigation.

The allegations, detailed in a filing first obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, maintain that guards systematically assaulted at least three people in a facility overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement — often in areas of the detention center not visible to security cameras. The guards told victims that no one would believe them because footage did not exist and the harassment involved officers as high-ranking as a lieutenant.

According to the complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and shared with prosecutors, several guards “forcibly” kissed and touched the intimate parts of at least one woman. She faces deportation next week — meaning investigators could lose a key witness. Her attorneys have requested that immigration officials pause her deportation pending a review of the matter.

[Badger]

Well, if we're going to stop the Immigrant Caravan omelette, we're going to have to sexually assault a few eggs.

[JA]

Systematic abuses like this tend to occur when you provide people with power, but have little accountability for their actions. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, as the saying goes. There’s a serious lack of transparency when it comes to the detention of migrants; as if they don’t deserve to be treated with basic human dignity. These people need to have their power checked and suffer severe consequences for transgressing our laws.

[Frodo]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

Prosecute these sobs!

[Person Man]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

Rape is a punishment now?

[Hammy]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

Rape is a punishment now?

Pretty sure his post was satirical

[Person Man]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

Rape is a punishment now?

Pretty sure his post was satirical

I know but still.

[Fuzzy Bear]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

You're deranged if you think this true.  If this is true, these people should all be prosecuted, and jailed if found guilty.  And be required to register as Sex Offenders.

It's not a reason to stop enforcing our immigration laws, however.

[Person Man]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

You're deranged if you think this true.  If this is true, these people should all be prosecuted, and jailed if found guilty.  And be required to register as Sex Offenders.

It's not a reason to stop enforcing our immigration laws, however.

They won’t be. While there shouldn’t be no laws, the status quo isn’t working.

[Progressive Pessimist]

'Well, what those guards are doing is terrible, but those illegals being held there and in other jails brought it upon themselves.  If they had just followed the rules and entered this country legally, they wouldn't be in this predicament.  Shame on them.'  

There, I just spared Republican posters the need to respond to this.  You're welcome, by the way.  

Yeah, they'll rationalize this with the typical "a few bad apples" excuse.

[solidcoalition]

Disgusting and all abusers should be fired and punished.

[Ferguson97]

Abolish ICE