A week after she graduated from a Vermont high school, an 18-year-old woman was detained by US Border Patrol officers Saturday in what immigrant activists have called a “violent and unlawful arrest” just miles from the Canadian border.

The woman, Heidi Perez, was accompanied at the time by her stepfather, Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, a leader of the Vermont-based Migrant Justice advocacy group. Both are undocumented Mexican nationals and now face deportation proceedings, according to Ryan Brissette, a spokesperson for US Customs and Border Protection.

They were being held in separate Vermont prisons as of Monday morning. An attorney for De La Cruz and Perez filed emergency motions seeking their release and calling for the court to keep them in Vermont. Chief Judge Christina Reiss of the federal district court in Vermont granted the latter requests Monday, barring the government from removing either from the state for the time being.

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  • thethirdobject@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    they’re getting downvoted because their tone is condescending (“just a thought”) and because this kind of comment shifts the blame from the oppressive side to the victim. if that at least was good advice, but it’s not even that since he’s stating something obvious, thus undermining their engagement and activism even more.

      • njm1314@lemmy.world
        133·
        2 days ago

        Any comment that starts with “Ummmm” is meant to be condescending and bitchy. Hopefully this comment has helped you to learn how to properly interpret tone.

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          32·
          2 days ago

          I don’t interpret “umm” that way, but I also think I tend to also add more vocal sounds like “hmm” and “ahh” to my comments. Tone is really hard on the Internet.

          • njm1314@lemmy.world
            43·
            2 days ago

            When it’s written? You absolutely should. That’s the way it’s intended. Every single time.

        • reactionality@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          35·
          2 days ago

          Any comment that contains “Hopefully this comment has helped you to learn how to properly interpret tone” is meant to be condescending and bitchy.