Reporting Highlights
- Odyssey: Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest and detention reveal what President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign looks like on the street level.
- Rendition: Immigration lawyers describe the case as a callback to the post-9/11 practice of federal agents grabbing Muslim suspects off the street.
- Process: Öztürk was shipped from state to state — a journey, critics say, that makes legal challenges of such cases more difficult.
[There’s no indication any of the officers or jailers at any of the detention locations were women. Every reference gives male pronouns (unless I missed something).]
Moved her to 4 different states in 1 night, kept her awake and hungry after fasting all day for Ramadan, 4 o’clock in the morning, made a point of letting her know they saw pics of her without her hijab. Then someone taking the scarf off her head without asking (to cure her asthma! who knew it was so easy! /s), while she’s protesting. Absolutely, I’d assume cruel sarcasm on the part of both these people.
Your right no indication of any female staff involved here. I ‘m guilty of assuming all woman are empathetic.
Yes that was cruel, I was hoping someone, anyone, who works there would respect their fellow humans.