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On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.” For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.

vanityfair.com“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s PrisonTufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

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This article is incredibly sad. I cannot believe that this is actually happening in America. Shame on all who voted for this president and all who didn’t bother to vote.

We can't do half measures or pretend that dems can "responsibly" boost funding for this organization. Ice needs to be disbanded and whatever parts aren't a child trafficking ring or concentration camp can be absorbed into the border patrol like before.

This harrowing account written by Rümeysa Öztūrk will someday be part of the first chapter of a important 21st century sequel: “The American Gulag Archipelago”. The Trump Regime is building a series of concentration camps for migrants, just as Stalin built his Gulag (Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei)

It is unfortunate that a doctoral student was detained by ICE. But no mention whether she had valid documents. Complaining about "lack of Islamic prayer rooms at the facility" does not help. Maybe the prayer room mention was for QATAR to pressure Trump...

She had valid documents and it was mentioned. Ice has thrown away valid documents saying "we assumed they were fake" to arrest Americans already. They are also intentionally circumventing due process and the law so we can't find out if prisoners have documentation.

She had valid papers. She was here on a student visa and it was revoked the same day she was arrested, no one told her it was revoked for her to have time to appeal or even get her things in order before leaving.

I saw "my F1 visa was approved 1 day earlier". Did not see if she had valid docs in hand. I agree, it is still bad. Due process should've been to check her F1 status before any arrest. Absolutely despicable act.

The uncontrolled influx of aliens has never been good for any civilization. American or African or Indian. The original civilization gets wiped out or loses its identity. Legal immigration for country's benefit...good. Illegal...dangerous.

No one should be treated in an inhuman way the way ICE is doing. But, deporting illegal aliens has always happened. If illegal immigration is not regularly curbed, a country is playing with fire. Legal immigration helping the country, should be encouraged and illegal immigration curbed.

I found it hard to breathe while reading this. I'm filled with love & compassion for the remarkable humanity of the women being held, their love & generosity despite the constant hatred they endure. And also, a burning rage at the vile monsters that torture them daily. We will make them pay