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ICE arrests of South Asians on the rise | DW News

Meenu Batra spent decades working as a court interpreter in the US immigration system. Then ICE detained her for 45 days. Her story shows why South Asians can’t treat immigration enforcement as someon

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@Lovebk98 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 3
Her community will still vote the same party .
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That is awful! We need to speak up about this.
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This is crazy 😮
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Abuse of power
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@pmboston From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 65
ICE is behaving criminally and I don’t see why police aren’t arresting them. Being federal shouldn’t protect obvious kidnapping under color of law.
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@lisilein2 From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 360
What a brave woman. Speaking up after what happened to her takes real currage.
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ICE has a monthly quota to detain illegals.

In reality its too much work to detain illegals specifically criminals.

To meet quota, they detain anyone as less work needed.
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This is NOT what I served for 24 years in the Navy for. This is NOT the government I supported and defend now!!
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@Tjorvia From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 192
FEAR.
IS.
THE.
POINT.
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This is a shame. I am glad that she had the resources and community support to get out. Think of those who don't. This is a shame. No one should have to suffer this.
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Sounds like targetted attack not mistaken identity.
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They don't care about documents. That's the problem.
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This is not who so many of us thought we were, but it's who we are.
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This is insane. Sorry this happened to this lady. Glad she’s speaking out.
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@only1muppet From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 682
This just highlights what a lot of us have been saying. She was held for 45 days, even though they knew she couldn’t be deported. The reason is actually because the PRIVATE detention facility gets paid for every single day that she was there. They prolong the holdings to make more money.

The regular staff may not even be aware that that is the reason, they just know they’re holding immigrants.
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As an American we need to Nationalize Prisions! Private Prisons need to be eliminated, we have several studies of corruption from Politicians that put Americans in Prison just to fill the cells. They ruin our lives for profit!
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@melocreme69 From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 581
45 days probably billed as 60 by the profit driven prison model
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@arichster From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 425
This is become a game of numbers. It's not about the law and it's not about Justice.
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Deportation is never the goal, keeping them in for profit prison is the key
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@dwnews From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 524
Research from UCLA shows ICE arrests of Asian immigrants nearly tripled year-on-year between February and May 2025. Indian nationals were the second-largest group arrested after Chinese nationals.