“Guards are trying to assert total control over detainees, and to demonstrate that there’s nothing they can do to protect themselves.”
An incident at a Texas Border Patrol detention center in which a prisoner was forced by guards to wear a humiliating sign around his neck is directly reminiscent of abuse that took place in Nazi concentration caps in the 1930s, an expert on the camps said on Friday, and could be the precursor for worse treatment around the corner.
In March, according to CNN, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents forced a Honduran man at the El Paso Processing Center to hold a sign reading “Me dustan los hombre,” or “I like men,.” CNN shared a photo of the note, which was revealed in emails about the incident obtained by the network.
The incident was reported to higher-ups, but no action was taken.
View the complete July 6 article from Common Dreams on the AlterNet website here.