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Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents

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Re: Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents

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Post by ty6853 »

Guy folded like a tent in 90 minutes and gave up his contacts. Attorneys talk a big game about remaining silent, but in the end can't even stand up to a 90 minute intimidation session.

I've been through the wringer including shackled, strip searched, locked up with crazy Mexicans, cbp tell me lies until their face turns blue about revoking passports or not being let through into your own country. Don't be like this guy, they will usually give up after locking you up for a day or so.

Re: Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents

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Post by pmags »

To be clear -- the attorney is a US Citizen who was returning from a trip outside of the US.

Border agents pressured Makled to hand over his cell phone. He refused. After more than 90 minutes of back-and-forth, he eventually showed agents his contacts list. He was eventually released. Makled says he was never given a reason for his detainment.

However, one of his current clients is a student who has been charged in connection to a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Michigan.

Re: Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents

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Post by [deleted] »

pmags wrote: post #5

To be clear -- the attorney is a US Citizen who was returning from a trip outside of the US. Border agents pressured Makled to hand over his cell phone. He refused. After more than 90 minutes of back-and-forth, he eventually showed agents his contacts list. He was eventually released. Makled says he was never given a reason for his detainment. However, one of his current clients is a student who has been charged in c…

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Re: Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents

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Post by alabastervlog »

bbor wrote: post #4

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It's surreal to see the usual rewrite-in-Rust articles and such still dominating the main page during an ongoing and fairly open effort to end liberal democracy in the US and upend the entire world trade & security order.

I get that it's supposedly a tech forum (and that actually it's an advertising & marketing platform) but still, gives a fella the creeps. Especially when major tech figures (Thiel, Musk, everyone in charge of a site exhibiting the usual "engagement algorithm quickly becomes indistinguishable from an intentional right-wing radicalization pipeline and conspiratorial-thinking primer" behavior) are largely responsible for where we're at and are so involved in it, and the rest of the industry's "disruptive" "genius" "mavericks" are cowering like frightened children.

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