On Monday, federal immigration agents smashed the car window of Guatemalan immigrant Juan Francisco Méndez and arrested him on a street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as his wife looked on.
MĂ©ndez, 29, has been taken to a detention facility in New Hampshire. He has been in the US lawfully for two years, and he and his wife have no criminal record. His wife, MarilĂș Domingo Ortiz, was granted asylum after fleeing persecution in Guatemala and, because the two are legally married, MĂ©ndez has received the same protection. They have a nine-year-old son who is in school.
A smartphone video taken from inside their car shows a group of police officersâapparently Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, at least one of whom was in plain clothesâdemanding that MĂ©ndez and his wife, MarilĂș, open their door or roll down their window so they can âtalk, just talk.â
Speaking in Spanish through the car window, MĂ©ndez says, âMy lawyer is on her way,â and âI will only speak when my lawyer arrives.â The officer then says, âTell the lawyer to hurry up.â Juan replies, âShe says sheâll be here in half an hour,â and then carefully places both hands on the steering wheel.
MarilĂș, who is on the phone with an attorney, asks the officers through the window, âExcuse me, do you have a warrant?â and âDo you have an arrest warrant?â When the officers do not respond, MarilĂș asks, âCan I leave?â to which one officer responds quickly, âNo.â
Also speaking in Spanish, the individual in plain clothes approaches the car door and says, âI can open the door. Do you understand me?â and MarilĂș says, âYes.â The officer then threatens, âDo you want it hard or easy?â to which MarilĂș replies, âYes, but when my lawyer is present.â
One of the officers then approaches the rear passenger side door with a large pick-axe and smashes the rear door window while the other officers open the front passenger door where MarilĂș is sitting. At this point, there is a break in the video.
When it resumes, MarilĂș appears saying in tears, âThey pulled us out violently. They treated us very harshly.â
In a report by WPRI 12 News, which covers Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, their attorney Ondine Galvez Sniffin gave a statement. She said her clients were told the agents were looking for someone named âAntonio.â
Not long until Kristallnacht now
ICE agents smash car window to
apprehendkidnap wrong Guatemalan immigrant worker in MassachusettsFtfy đ
At this point every non-white should leave the us and start better lives elsewhere. Let their economy bleed out. As if that country wouldnât be ginormously fucked with all that workforce.
I know thatâs utopian, but one may dream.
Is Trump the first US American President to sell a human into slavery from the USA to another nation ?
Probably ?