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Immigration Human Rights Violations

Disappeared—Secret Deportations

Dehumanizing immigrants and migrants is the regime’s strategy

Author, D. Denise Dianaty
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7 min readMar 26, 2025

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Collateral Arrests:

“And I’ve said it before on this show and I’ll keep sayin’ it: Collateral arrests are gon’ be … people who aren’t criminals that are found when we’re lookin’ for the criminal are gonna be taken into custody.” Homan

Collateral arrests/detentions were challenged in a 2022 class-action settlement. The Castañon Nava Settlement To Protect Immigrant Communities (Nava) implemented stricter parameters, including new restrictions on warrantless arrests. Under Nava, ICE agents are required to uphold strict guidelines to make warrantless arrests. Among those requirements is to establish the immigrant in question will attempt to flee ahead of court proceedings.

Regardless of Nava requirements, the Trump regime told us directly that collateral arrests were “part of a strategy for enforcement” in sanctuary cities. It obviously comes as no surprise that the strategy is just the regime’s intent nationwide. They don’t care about legality nor innocence. Trump just wants brown immigrants gone — hence, forcibly…

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Shining the light of democracy in the storm

Author, D. Denise Dianaty
Author, D. Denise Dianaty

Written by Author, D. Denise Dianaty

Artist, Poet, author, wife & mom May my epitaph be "She reflected love into the world."

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