Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.

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    Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.

    She said Schmidt told her immigration agents pressured him to give up his green card. She said he was placed on a mat in a bright room with other people at the airport, with little food or water, suffered sleep deprivation, and was denied access to his medication for anxiety and depression.

    “He hardly got anything to drink. And then he wasn’t feeling very well and he collapsed,” said Senior.

    He was transported by ambulance to Mass General Hospital. He didn’t know it at the time, but he also had influenza.

    Other countries need to start issuing advisories against traveling to the USA. And residents of the USA need to understand that it’s not safe for them to try to re-enter their country.

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      I agree. I know there are tens of thousands of international travelers entering the US daily and he was a single case, but the question remains, why? The article mentions a DUI on his record from a decade ago as well as a marijuana possession charge that was dismissed when legalization passed. So, is that literally it? It’s fucking insane that they are violating his rights like this and fucking torturing him.

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    What the hell is this? Everyone involved in this should be fired and probably jailed.

    This happened under Trump so if he does nothing he is responsible. It needs to be added to the list of impeachment charges and he needs to be impeached every week with an increasing number of charges until the Congressional vote passes. He will piss everyone off eventually.

    And talk about wasteful government spending. Anybody getting paid to do this to someone would be much more effective out policing traffic, stop aggressive drivers and red light runners. The number one cause of death is traffic accidents. You can get hit by someone anytime anywhere you are out on the road. This sort of thing is what needs attention more than mythical Boogeyman immigrants and travelers.

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      This is exactly what they want. We are already in a civil war. These are social power moves.

      It seems as though nothing will be fixed because people are still in denial and have a hope that protests and complaining to our government will work. People aren’t understanding it’s already war.

      Don’t underestimate psychological warfare.

      Time is being lost. Opportunity to advance in this war is being lost.

      Think like a game of chess, understand a mob boss mentality, every action should be war strategy. People need to realize in this war they will have to battle with understanding how to be heartless. You can’t win a war against evil without heartlessness and it sucks because it’s a paradox. Wars end in death, and change comes from that.

      I don’t know what to do either. It feels so helpless.

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    This makes me so worried to travel out of the US. The only “papers” I have of being a citizen is my passport. And I fully expect my immigration status will be questioned by the police and ICE.

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    Senior described Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.

    That might be a sentence. Needs more “and” though.