cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/43085102

Then, late last month, Wu was with a group of friends in Maine and “called emergency services to assist a person attempting suicide.”

That phone call landed Wu in immigration detention.

“Upon arrival, local police requested Mr. Wu’s identification,” the order goes on. “Despite the life-saving nature of the call, once Mr. Wu’s noncitizen status was disclosed, police chose to contact U.S. Border Patrol (USBP). USBP subsequently took Mr. Wu into custody, characterizing him as a ‘flight risk’ based on an alleged failure to update his address…Later that day, ICE issued a warrant of removal/deportation.”

Neumann, however, suspects the aforementioned address issue was actually a failure of translation because that statement was “obtained without the assistance of a translator despite Mr. Wu’s limited English proficiency.”

  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    No good deed goes unpunished, Jesus Christ. Maine needs to pass a law forbidding cops from doing this, because they’re the ones that reported him for trying to prevent a suicide.

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      Their state passed a law last year, but it won’t go into effect until summer because Mills refused to sign (or veto) it.

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        Good to know that extra context, thanks. So the fuckers know it’s going to be illegal soon and are doing it while they can. I hope Mills gets primaried/voted out, at minimum.