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"'They didn’t treat us like people...' said... a deportee from Venezuela (sent) to Liberia. 'They can say or do anything to you and there’s nothing you can do.'"

#USA #USpol #trump #immigration #ICE #deportation
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Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows ~

Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed...abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention... before being sent to nations where they had no ties

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html

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"I was in pain, crying like a little kid," he said. But the agents wouldn't remove his chains or let him use the toilet, he and other detainees said. He wet himself.
Like many of the more than two dozen deportees on the flight with him, Mr.
Sánchez said he did not know where he was being taken. Several panicked when they suspected it was Liberia, after one of them saw it written on a sheet of paper held by an ICE official in Louisiana.
When some protested, they were beaten by agents, five of the deportees said. Some were slammed to the ground or struck with blows, several said. One showed cuts along his wrists and bruises around his neck, which he said he received after resisting getting on the plane. Another said some deportees were left screaming in pain.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html

Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC — "I was in pain, crying like a little kid," he said. But the agents wouldn't remove his chains or let him use the toilet, he and other detainees said. He wet himself. Like many of the more than two dozen deportees on the flight with him, Mr. Sánchez said he did not know where he was being taken. Several panicked when they suspected it was Liberia, after one of them saw it written on a sheet of paper held by an ICE official in Louisiana. When some protested, they were beaten by agents, five of the deportees said. Some were slammed to the ground or struck with blows, several said. One showed cuts along his wrists and bruises around his neck, which he said he received after resisting getting on the plane. Another said some deportees were left screaming in pain. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC

Map of Western Africa highlighting places in Liberia and Equatorial Guinea, Credit: The New York Times

The planeload of deportees, which arrived in Liberia this month, carried the first of 1,200 people expected to be sent to the West African country by the United States over the next year. The arrangement is one of the largest in a growing number of deals the Trump administration has made to send deportees - including people with court orders protecting them from being sent back to their home countries — to nations halfway across the world where they have no ties.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html

Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC — Map of Western Africa highlighting places in Liberia and Equatorial Guinea, Credit: The New York Times The planeload of deportees, which arrived in Liberia this month, carried the first of 1,200 people expected to be sent to the West African country by the United States over the next year. The arrangement is one of the largest in a growing number of deals the Trump administration has made to send deportees - including people with court orders protecting them from being sent back to their home countries — to nations halfway across the world where they have no ties. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC

In recent weeks, the White House has pushed to expand these so-called third-country deportation efforts and boost the number of people expelled from the United States, according to a U.S. official. In July, ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 people, and the administration has focused on deporting people who have been able to remain in the country for years with court orders protecting them from being sent home, another official added.
The New York Times interviewed 10 of the deportees on the flight to Liberia, all of whom described a harrowing journey that included months in detention in the United States and a panicked 14-hour expulsion to Africa, in which agents wrestled and shackled frightened detainees.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html

Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC — In recent weeks, the White House has pushed to expand these so-called third-country deportation efforts and boost the number of people expelled from the United States, according to a U.S. official. In July, ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 people, and the administration has focused on deporting people who have been able to remain in the country for years with court orders protecting them from being sent home, another official added. The New York Times interviewed 10 of the deportees on the flight to Liberia, all of whom described a harrowing journey that included months in detention in the United States and a panicked 14-hour expulsion to Africa, in which agents wrestled and shackled frightened detainees. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC

Several spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. All of them said they experienced or witnessed what they described as abusive or violent treatment by ICE officials during the course of their deportation or while in detention in the United States.
"They didn't treat us like people, like human beings," said Carlos Téllez-Sanchez, a deportee from Venezuela who was expelled to Liberia. "They can say or do anything to you and there's nothing you can do."

Image caption (not in screenshot): Carlos Téllez-Sanchez, at the beach in Marshall, Liberia, last week.
Credit...Carielle Doe for The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html

Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC — Several spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. All of them said they experienced or witnessed what they described as abusive or violent treatment by ICE officials during the course of their deportation or while in detention in the United States. "They didn't treat us like people, like human beings," said Carlos Téllez-Sanchez, a deportee from Venezuela who was expelled to Liberia. "They can say or do anything to you and there's nothing you can do." Image caption (not in screenshot): Carlos Téllez-Sanchez, at the beach in Marshall, Liberia, last week. Credit...Carielle Doe for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/world/africa/us-deportation-flight-ice-detention-liberia.html Accessed: 30 August 2026 at 2315 UTC

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Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows

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Norcal Gma 2

@NorcalGma2@sfba.social 3 hr. ago

Decided to run down the hill to join a local protest for an hour.
Seven dedicated citizens were exercising their right to free speech.
I brought peanut butter chip cookies because protesting is hungry sort of work and I will bake for anyone who likes sweets.
Nice people.
They ate my cookies.
Made me happy.

Protest sign that says You can't stop me from voting written in blue on a white poster board. A glass container is to the right full of peanut butter chip cookies.

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Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social 4 hr. ago

Revising a conference proceedings paper (from over a year ago...) and when I submitted it there were fewer than 8,500 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of about 12,500 total satellites.

Today there are 11,102 Starlinks out of 16,978 total active satellites. Fuck.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff@mastodon.social 3 hr. ago

ICE has been forced to withdraw many subpoenas seeking social media user data. We're keeping track. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/list-ice-subpoenas-tech-companies

Electronic Frontier Foundation

A List of ICE Subpoenas to Tech Companies

This is likely an undercount. The full scope is hard to pin down because these subpoenas typically only come to light when a user is given notice and challenges them in court, or when a company documents them in a transparency report.

Your weary 'net denizen

@cstanhope@social.coop 3 hr. ago

I finally listened to this talk from Andrew Kelley, "Don't Take the Black Pill". It doesn't solve all the problems of the world or anything, but it's perhaps worth a listen if you are a person who uses too many computers and could use a hopeful message today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZwpH5lCD4

Dave bauer

@davebauerart@mastodon.social 34 sec. ago

@cstanhope Thanks, I re-listened and it was worth it. Might have to check in with this regularly for a while.

Randahl Fink

@randahl@mastodon.social 3 hr. ago

Would an EU politician please tell me why I — as an EU citizen — have to see unconventional, politicized place names dictated by Trump in both Google Maps and Apple Maps on an iPhone bought in the EU?

Are the European countries still sovereign states or have we somehow become vassal states of The Kingdom of Trumpistan?

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Michael McWilliams

@MichaelMcWilliams@mas.to 47 sec. ago

@randahl
This has nothing to with the EU. This has everything to do with Google Maps and Apple Maps. They have a shown you who they are.

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Danielle Foré

@danirabbit@mastodon.online 3 hr. ago

Looks like so far we won’t have to ship age declaration crap in OS 9 🎉 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt

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Elle 💗

@ellesaurus@toot.lgbt 2 hr. ago

Oh yeah shouldn't be too hard to use tech without supporting bad actors. Just gotta replace my phone, my phone OS, my phone keyboard, my desktop OS, my work OS, my email, my code editor, my cloud backup, my office software, my maps app, my source hosting, my image editor, my

Emma Davidson

@emmadavidson@aus.social 10 hr. ago

@franksting @phocks having this problem with clothes and other things to be stored in my new bedroom. Main reason the kitchen was easy despite being massively smaller is that I left most of what I had at the old place, so not much to store. Whereas I brought all my clothes and now don’t have enough cupboards to put them in.

Frank’s Ting

@franksting@theblower.au 1 min. ago

@emmadavidson @phocks yes. My wardrobe is half the size as previously. My previous one was double the size for the depressingly obvious reasons

Angela Antunovic boosted

penworks

@penworks@mementomori.social 6 days ago

Take your time. Get bored.
Gautami Reddy. Via The Hindu fb page.

#wellbeing #slowdown #BeReal #chill #politicalart #comic #illustration #antiai

A single-page comic illustration of various things to do in the age of AI, including: read slowly, make ugly things, don't believe everything, eat together, get bored, avoid instant replies, call your grandma/grandpa, fall in love, cry every now and then. Memorize a poem. Trust your gut. Take your time.

evacide

@evacide@hachyderm.io 3 hr. ago

Straps coach put on the soundtrack to the Rocky Horror Picture Show during training today and everyone in the gym knew the words. Circus aerialists are just theater kids with biceps.

@ahhhhhhhhhhh@mastodon.social 1 min. ago

@evacide ..... Aerialist is a discipline of a theatrical art. They are theatre kids.

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Javier

@jerojasro@col.social 7 hr. ago

@jp es indiscutible que es un proyecto liderado por racistas bien financiados

DHH en particular es una persona que históricamente ha hecho difícil participar en otros proyectos con él, como Ruby on Rails

Respecto al aspecto técnico de Omarchy no puedo decir nada en detalle porque no lo he usado, pero sí sé que ya tienen problemas nuevos de seguridad informática

Para cerrar: ¿vendehumos? sí, como todo lo que asume que generar código a toda mecha con IA te garantiza buena ingeniería de software

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Vee

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social 8 min. ago

Ben

@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party 2 hr. ago

It must be exhausting to be in the mafia

Moss Wizard

@Moss@beige.party 3 min. ago

@TheBreadmonkey there’s SO much house cleaning when you’re a maid man

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J.P. Wing

@machias@mstdn.social 20 min. ago

With Google Maps moving to "Lake America" for Lake Ontario, it should bring serious doubt to the already dubious information coming out of Google Gemini. Since Apple is powering Apple Intelligence with Google Gemini, that leads me to further question accuracy from Apple Intelligence.

If you haven't educated yourself around Linux, you should start looking in that direction.

Also, dump LLMs.

FediForum

@fediforum@spectra.video 3 min. ago

FediForum Demo: Open registration on Mastodon is possible with the right tools monitoring new accounts!

peertube

@peertube@spectra.video 3 min. ago

FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction

bencourtice

@bencourtice@aus.social 8 min. ago

@adamgreenfield I'm re-reading the much more lowbrow "A Spectre is Haunting Texas" by Fritz Leiber. Fun but hardly profound. You have inspired me, I need to read more Le Guin again too.