The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures…. ICE agents don’t get to kidnap someone, from a coffee shop parking lot, without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The Fifth Amendment guarantees due process…. Holding someone against their will while refusing to tell them why, or denying them access to contact anyone, is a constitutional violation

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BREAKING🚨 A 2-year-old named Kaleth stopped eating for 12 days inside an ICE family detention center in Texas. His mother watched his face grow gaunt and his eyes sink into their sockets. Kaleth and his mom Joani had never missed a single immigration appointment since seeking asylum in 2024. In March, they showed up to a routine check-in in California. ICE took the whole family into custody. As they cried, Kaleth's father was handcuffed and driven to an adult facility. Joani and her toddler were shipped to the Dilley detention center in Texas. Separated from his dad, Kaleth kept scooting a tiny table to a wall-mounted phone, climbing up to try to reach his father. Joani kept pulling the table away so he wouldn't fall. When she tried to make him eat, he vomited. He stopped having bowel movements. Doctors called it depression. He is one of at least 500 babies and toddlers held in ICE custody since Trump retook office. On an average day, 25 children aged 3 or younger are now in immigration jails — ten times the number under Biden, when fewer than three were held and none were kept past the legal 20-day limit. Now at least 175 have been detained longer than that limit. A 1-year-old named Amir spent four months locked up. There were barely any toys, so children played with rocks. His parents couldn't find books in their language. His speech slowed until he stopped saying anything but "mom" and "dad." His mother sucked spicy sauce off noodles so she could feed them to him, and hid cereal in her socks so he wouldn't sleep hungry. When the family complained, his father says staff in CoreCivic uniforms woke him in the night, threatening to send the parents to separate facilities and Amir to foster care. ICE says detained families get proper food, water and medical care. CoreCivic says its facilities are safe for infants. A pediatrician who has spent her career on this called infancy "probably the most harmful time of their lives to have them in detention." Kaleth started eating again only after he was released. Amir spoke two words in four months: mom and dad. If you appreciate my posts, it would mean the world if you followed my page. Thank you for being here.