ACLU report denounces
Among the cases they highlight that of “Ignacio,” a Nicaraguan who claims to have been forced to discard the ashes of his father.
HAVANA TIMES – The Border Patrol has “systematically” confiscated belongings, such as medications, documents, and personal items, from migrants detained at the border, reveals a report, which includes the case of a Nicaraguan migrant forced to throw away the ashes of his deceased father.
The report “From Hope to Rest: The Troubling Reality of the Confiscation of Migrants’ Belongings by the Border Patrol” described the confiscation of migrants’ belongings by the Border Patrol as “inhumane and indefensible.”
The report presented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Arizona, La Iniciativa Kino, Protect Az Health, and The Sikh Coalition documents cases in which border agents force migrants to discard personal documents, medications, and precious items with sentimental value to them when they reach the border between Mexico and the United States.
Together, these organizations interviewed 960 migrants between 2022 and 2023, painting a “concerning” picture of the belongings that were confiscated from them and that they neve
