US Born High Schooler Is Detained

  An 18 year old American high schooler was detained by immigration on June 27th. He was on his way to Houston to be scouted for soccer by colleges. The young man and his friends were stopped at a CBP checkpoint and this is where he was detained. He had his ID for Texas, birth certificate and social security card with him but for them it somehow was not enough. This could of been sorted out had they looked into his citizenship but they didn't give it the time or effort.
   His name is Fransisco Galicia and he was wrongfully treated when told he had "no rights" even though he was a US citizen. Galicia said the conditions in which he was kept were so bad that he almost agreed to be deported just to get away from them. It is led to believe that he was racially profiled during this stop at a checkpoint because he had the information to back up that he was a citizen. Galicia said none of the people there were treated like human beings when they forced to sleep on concrete floors every night in unfair living conditions. They were not allowed to shower at all and every 3-4 days were given just a wet wipe to clean up. This is no way how anyone should be treated documented or not.   He is now out but spends his time thinking about all of the other people who have to continue to with stand those conditions.


Link: https://fox8.com/2019/07/23/us-born-high-school-student-released-after-three-weeks-in-immigration-detention/