What Happens To The Women ICE Detains?
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The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers — and they've become invisible targets.
Andrea stood outside her Florida apartment with her 8-year-old son waiting for police to arrive one Sunday night in February. She had called the cops after a fight with her boyfriend became physical. She said she had bruises on her face and neck, but the cops arrested her and took her to a county jail in Orlando.
Her family posted her bond, but Andrea wasn’t released. She told HuffPost she kept asking the officers why she was still in jail, but they didn’t give her any information. She was scared and confused. She had never spent a night in jail before. When the cops finally told her she was being released to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Andrea had a panic attack.
Andrea, 32, who is being identified with a pseudonym because she fears for her safety, was born in Argentina and moved to the U.S. when she was 3 years old. She has lived in the U.S. essentially her entire life, and is currently a Green Card holder with permanent resident status.
When ICE arrived at the county jail, all Andrea could think about was her three kids: her 8-year-old, 2-year-old and her 3-month-old who she was breastfeeding at the time. I need to be with my kids, she kept thinking.
ICE shackled Andrea’s wrists, ankles and waist, and loaded her onto a bus with a group of other immigrants headed to Krome Detention Center ― a men’s detention center in Miami with a long history of allegations of inhumane conditions and sexual abuse, according to Human Rights Watch.
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