[ SECRET POST #4165 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4165 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Venting mechanisms

[philstar22]

Oh, I don't think most low level officials are evil. Some ICE officers, though? Totally are. Their phones will ring and ring and ring, no voice mail. I'll hang up and call again only to get a busy signal. And forget leaving messages for the ones that do have voicemail. They never call back.

Honestly, I just think that particular agency attracts the ones who hate immigrants and are genuinely obstructionist. But I don't think that extends to other agencies. Just that one. Well, and border patrol too.

Re: Venting mechanisms

[(Anonymous)]

DA but I have a friend who now does border patrol in my country because his unit was called up to do it. The majority of his work involves locating people who have tried to cross with inadequate supplies and he has been the person to locate deceased children and families. If anything he feels more strongly about making the process of legal immigration easier and safer since starting that job. He didn't write the laws he has to enforce.

Re: Venting mechanisms

[philstar22]

He sounds great. And I think there are good people in both agencies. I just think they tend to attract not so good people and that there are major flaws in the system themselves. Not any one indvidual's fault, and I'm fine with individuals in the job who actually do their job (all parts of it, including the sharing information with attorneys who have sent you the proper documentation part) and treat immigrants like human beings.

I just get frustrated because I have to deal with the worst of them in my job. And it is people's lives that are being impacted. And trying to avoid talking to attorneys so you can trick the immigrants into going forward with their cases unrepresented is just not okay. And it happens all too often.

Re: Venting mechanisms

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, I didn't think you were implying that all government workers are evil. Although damn, if you're down in the thick of immigration-related obstruction, I can't honestly say I'd blame you if you did.

Re: Venting mechanisms

[philstar22]

Yup. The attorney I'm working for has a lot of cases involving people in detention, and he's just kind of dropped me right in the middle of it. I get the phone calls since they're more likely to answer an attorney and he can focus on going to court. I do a lot of other stuff too, but the phone calls are the one thing that's a really new experience for me. My internships were with non-profits who didn't do many cases involving detainees.