A flight carrying 45 Chilean immigrants deported by the United States landed in Santiago, the capital of Chile, on Thursday (22). Families received passengers at the airport gates as they cried and hugged.
Most of them claimed that they were mistreated by US authorities. One of them even said that it was treated “like a dog.” Another commented that they were living practically in a prison.
“They made me wait two years and five months in an immigration center that was technically prison. They treated us like animals in a horrible way.”
One of them also shared that immigrants were forced to stay in a cold room, whose temperature was about 10 ° C.
“We received a terrible treatment. We were lying on the floor in a room called ‘Freezer’. Just imagine, what can I tell you? It was 12 ° C,” he said.
Three of the Chilean immigrants had detention orders in the US, Chilean media said.
Trump’s mass mass deportations
In a survey conducted from CNN And conducted by SSRS in April, more than half of US citizens assess that President Donald Trump was “too far” with the measures for the deportation of irregular immigrants.
In all, 52% of people heard by the survey understand that the federal administration was “too far” on the subject. In February, this number was 45%.
Unlike the American population, Trump is proud of the current mandate immigration policies, considering the action as one of the greatest “promises fulfilled” of his campaign.
Venezuelan immigrants, who are the most suffering group with mass deportations, has also reported the US government’s abuse against the deported. In March, some repatient Venezuelan citizens reported traumatizing experiences after being detained.
“We went through many psychological, emotional and physical trauma. They violated our rights. Many who are here were physically assaulted,” the man said in a video posted on Telegram by Venezuela communications Minister Freddy Nanez.
This content was originally published in “treated us as animals,” says Chilean immigrant deported by the US on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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