11/12/21
By Sarah Towle
Following two ICE-Air mass deportation flights to Cameroon tracked by my friend Thomas Cartwright of Witness at the Border, I couldn’t escape the echoes of attorneys and advocates for the roughly 80 individuals the US government went to extraordinary lengths — and taxpayer expense — to return to a country wracked by protracted violence. The second flight landed in Douala exactly one year again today. Three of the men forced onto that flight were also forced into a full-body restraint called The WRAP. One was also hooded. Another was arrested and imprisoned upon arrival in Cameroon.
In this latest episode of Witness Radio, three African Asylum Seekers Tell of ICE Torture by The WRAP, before and during ICE-Air deportations back to harm on Omni Air International. It's the subject of a new civil rights and civil liberties complaint.
And you'll never guess which corporate giant, it turns out, is now in the business of WRAPping more than just packages...
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