Max Granger

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"It is not just that anti-immigration sentiment and white nationalism are the current ideological fodder for fascist forces. Rather, fascism itself-which relies on the idea of a homogeneous, exclusionary body politic - is constituted through the quotidian violence of the border, the perfect breeding ground for fantasies of ethnonationalism, cultural supremacy, racial purity, and Darwinian lifeboat survivalism. Simply put, because borders provide the ideological basis for fascism, being an antifascist means being a border"
"An examination of the 10 suicide deaths found the men died across ICE's detention network, including at centers long run by private contractors and county jails who recently became ICE partners. The AP found that staff in the facilities ignored signs of distress, delayed mental health treatment and failed to monitor detainees who were already deemed at risk. They also permitted detainees to have access to materials that could be used for self-harm, according to AP's review of ICE inspection reports and death records. In some cases, they jailed distressed detainees in isolation, which can exacerbate feelings of humiliation and helplessness, according to experts."
The cyst is now estimated to be the size of the tennis ball, and her case has caught the attention of international human rights groups, members of Congress and religious groups from her home state of Minnesota. "She just told me that the pain extends all the way to her back now. And that when she has her period, which usually lasts three days, it's lasting 10 days. So that's part of the concern, is that she's going to start bleeding out from the cyst," said Ruby Powers, a Houston immigration attorney who is representing Pedro Francisco. Powers visited the woman on Friday at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center near El Paso International Airport. Powers said Pedro Francisco has received poor medical treatment in ICE custody - first at Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss and now at the El Paso processing center. "They're like, why are you telling people you're not getting treatment?" Powers said of health care providers at the processing center. "And they keep telling her she doesn't have a cyst. They do ultrasounds and say there's nothing there, and they give her constipation medication. She takes the medication and she still has the pain." "For over a month, my office has gone back and forth with ICE officials about Andrea's condition. We've been ignored, put off, and lied to about the treatment she has received while in detention," Craig