Immigration Detainee's Death Causes Controversy

The New York Times:

When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005, the very fact seemed to fall into a black hole. Although a fellow inmate scrawled a note telling immigrant advocates that the detainee's symptoms of a heart attack had long gone unheeded, government officials would not even confirm that the dead man had existed.

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Comments

[LeLoup]

Lack of accountability will do that to people:they'll start to believe they can do whatever they please. There is a reason why law enforcement used to be held in check.

I say "used to" because in the case of Immigration, keep in mind this is the only Agency of the US governement with law enforcement powers with whom you DON'T have the right to an attorney during interviews of any kind.

Makes one wonder, doesn't it?