The ACLU demands the US release and return a Dominican woman living legally in Puerto Rico

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Source: AP

Updated 5:52 PM EDT, June 9, 2025


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In late May, a 47-year-old woman from the Dominican Republic was detained by police in Puerto Rico after she entered a municipal building seeking a permit to sell ice cream on the beach to support herself.

Upon being turned over to federal agents, the Dominican woman presented her passport, driver’s license and work permits that proved she was living in the U.S. territory legally, her attorney Ángel Robles and the American Civil Liberties Union of Puerto Rico, said Monday.

Despite the documents presented, authorities recently transferred her to Texas as part of a federal crackdown on migrants living illegally in U.S. jurisdictions. The woman, whose first name is Aracelis, has not been fully identified because she is a victim of domestic violence.

Aracelis is among hundreds of people who have been detained in Puerto Rico since large-scale arrests began in late January, surprising many in the U.S. territory that has long welcomed migrants. Robles and the ACLU demanded Aracelis’ release and return to Puerto Rico. “It’s outrageous,” Robles said in a phone interview. “No charges have been filed against her, and she is not in the system.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-us-dominican-immigrant-arrest-61cc07cdc6f85fd9d45905e9dab41e4d

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1. The fact that incidents like this are happening

Way more often than we can track is a feature. By the end of this year if not sooner, we'll all be numb to all the atrocities.....or so they hope.
I don't know how to prevent that, but we must!

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2. The grotesque enormity of Trump's evil...

... exceeds the comprehension of decent people. The crimeload accumulates at an exponential rate. The lives of people who have done NO wrong whatsoever are shattered, just so Trump, and his rabid shitweasel, "Nosveratu" Miller – or is it "Goebbels" Miller? He looks like a hideous mix of both monsters – can cackle gleefully at the pain and irreparable damage they've inflicted on America.
Those malevolent trolls that persist in supporting Trump and his malignant minions are no better, and they are ALL going to pay a heavy price for their perfidy. FUCK this "truth and reconciliation" bullshit. If they're allowed to get away with it this time, they'll just turn around and do it again, only with even more vindictive malice. We're already experiencing the proof of that.