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In court filings, migrants have said in sworn statements that they’ve been put in the WRAP for “unruly” behavior like asking to speak to their attorney.

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ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment | The Associated Press
The Nigerian man described being roused with other detainees in September in the middle of the night. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
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December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Judge Xinis also alternatively finds that the government is not detaining him to execute a removal order — because if they did want to deport him they could have sent him to Costa Rica any time since August but have refused to do so (and lied about why) because the admin wants to send him to Africa.
Respondents instead found a fourth African country, Liberia. This time, when the Court sought information about Liberia and Costa Rica so to fairly assess the validity of Abrego Garcia’s claims, Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal. They announced that Liberia is the only viable removal option because Costa Rica “does not wish to receive him,” ECF No. 85 at 9, and that Costa Rica will no longer “accept the transfer” of him, ECF No. 75-6 ¶ 5; ECF No. 85 at 14. But Costa Rica had never wavered in its commitment to receive Abrego Garcia, just as Abrego Garcia never wavered in his commitment to resettle there. See ECF No. 108 at 1; Maria Sacchetti, Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S., WASH. POST (Nov. 21, 2025), https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/11/21/kilmartrumpdeport-costarica/. See also Laura Romero, Costa Rican official says country willing to accept Abrego Garcia, contradicting Trump administration officials, ABC NEWS (Nov. 21, 2025), https://abcnews.go.com/International/costa-rican-official-country-accept-abrego-garciacontradicting/story?id=127775855. This evidently remained an inconvenient truth for Respondents. But more to the point, Respondents’ persistent refusal to acknowledge Costa Rica as a viable removal option, their threats to send Abrego Garcia to African countries that never agreed to take him, and their misrepresentation to the Court that Liberia is now the only country available to Abrego Garcia, all reflect that whatever purpose was behind his detention, it was not for the “basic purpose” of timely third-country removal. Zadvydas, 533 U.S. at 697.
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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This goes beyond racism and xenophobia. This seems distinctly like an attempt to crash the economy entirely, presumably to sell it for parts to sociopathic tech CEOs and the like.
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM