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This heartbreaking case of another mentally-ill Broward County inmate who faced inhumane treatment behind bars, and was forced to give birth in a jail cell, is yet another example of why incarceration is often the wrong route for individuals who require proper medical care and treatment.
By replacing neutral asylum officers with law enforcement officers, the Trump administration's proposal for CBP officers to conduct credible fear interviews is a blatant effort to rig the system against asylum seekers and drive down the number of people who pass their screening interviews.
In 1787, the Constitution considered Black people as three-fifths of a human being. Blacks voting was not an issue. Then the Civil War ended and Black men were elected to public office and gained property ownership rights during Reconstruction. America responded with Jim Crow.
