A Massachusetts man said he told immigration agents multiple times that he's a legal resident and that he was brought to a cemetery where they assaulted him.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/58734

When we got to the top of the cemetery, we stopped there and they took off their vests because that’s where they have the camera," he said. “Then they pulled me out of the car and kicked me.”

Reyes says that after repeatedly asking them to check his wallet, one of the officers finally did so. They realized he did, in fact, have his green card, but questioned whether it was real.

“‘I don’t know, maybe it’s fake’ … The other guy says, ‘No, it’s real’ … That’s when they finally stopped,” he said. “They were planning to keep hitting me because they didn’t have good intentions. They took me to a cemetery.”

Even so, the threats continued.

“Do you think you’re a big shot just because you have a green card? I’ll make sure they revoke that green card of yours,” Reyes said, recalling what agents told him. “‘I’m going to do everything I can to get this paper revoked,’ an immigration officer told me.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    23 hours ago

    After the incident at the cemetery, he said he was taken to a cold cell in Burlington. He saw an immigration judge, who dismissed the assault charges federal agents brought against him.

    Not surprising they left the judges name out, but I feel like that’s an important detail that should be included …

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    33·
    22 hours ago

    I’m surprised they let him go, the way ICE is being I’m surprised he gets to tell his story and was wisked off to some undisclosed area.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
      15·
      20 hours ago

      Hopefully they feel like they’re under a ton of pressure from all angles between everyone calling them out for being the fascist thugs they are and Trump constantly screaming at them for more deportations and it’s making them sloppy