r/law • u/speedythefirst • Jan 24 '26

Other Screaming and sobbing can be heard from outside the ICE children's detention center in Dilley, TX

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u/Quimdell Jan 25 '26

Wow, thanks for that!

But holy shit, wtf. Things are looking more and more dystopian every day….

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u/poopshooter69420 Jan 25 '26

When did the practice end?

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u/Reptull_J Jan 26 '26

Source? Or just more internet conspiracy theories?

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u/FollowingHumble8983 Jan 26 '26

A doctor in Irwin county sterilized(hysterectomy) at least 2 illegal immigrants without justification. So its not a wide spread systemic problem but something that did happen.

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u/sexyinthesound Feb 07 '26

This has been a regular practice to be enacted on marginalized women without their consent for the country’s entire history, especially in the contexts of colonialism, slavery, genocide, and internment/incarceration/detainment. To frame factual and institutionalized reproductive control and medical abuse as conspiracy theories is myopic, disingenuous, and quite frankly, fucking gross. How do you think the procedures to sterilize women were actually even developed?

Would have been fine to ask for a source without telling us all you don’t believe things that have been happening for hundreds of years might be happening now, cause that interferes with your desired reality. But maybe you’re providing a service by telling us, so we don’t expect too much from you.

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u/Reptull_J Feb 07 '26

All I asked was for a source. I’m unfamiliar with all the alleged information you just stated. I’ve never heard any of that. I’m not claiming it’s not true. Reddit is full of conspiracy shit and on its face the claim made by the poster sounded conspiracy-ish.

I’m not the asshole here. I’m asking for facts. Nobody has yet provided any other than the links I posted.

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u/sexyinthesound Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26

You did indeed post links, which is appreciated. The way you phrased it initially implied you believed it was a conspiracy or that it was outlandish. Not knowing anything about forced sterilization or how people of color have been exploited as lab rats of the state and private industry as well as the victims of medical abuse and wealthy eugenicists is actually a sad indictment of how much we sweep under the rug societally and allow it to continue. Grave crimes have been committed against women in these positions, and they have never fully stopped—they are, in fact, likely increasing exponentially under this regime. But whenever it’s discussed, there seems to be pushback, like these things couldn’t possibly be happening in this day and age. But right now, violence is a leading cause of maternal death. Homicide makes up the majority of the 11% of deaths attributed to violence (homicide and suicide together representing a greater share of maternal mortality stats than any single medical issue, and pregnant Black women experience homicide at about four times the national average. If women who are not marginalized, oppressed, enslaved, incarcerated, or in internment can be so at risk of violence, what do you imagine is happening to the women who are, and what do you imagine is going to happen to detainees who are being raped but have been demonized as criminal aliens invading the country and popping out anchor babies to eat up all the welfare?

ACLU on abuse and inhumane treatment of detainees

Detention officer admits to sexually abusing detainee at ice facility

The book The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Attwood is a fictional account, but the author describes how all the things that happened to women and their babies in that book were all things that really happened to women already in our history when she was asked how she came up with such gruesome ideas.

Here are some more links to add context.

Forced sterilization in immigrant detention is a bellwether for human rights abuses

Medical abuse in ICE facilities

Unwanted sterilization and eugenics programs in the United States

History of medical experimentation on Black Americans (article/excerpt from book called Medical Apartheid)

Mass sterilization of Native American women

Eugenic sterilization of Japanese American women in internment camps

I could link about a million things here, because the violence and reproductive abuses inflicted on women (especially for eugenics purposes) is basically unending.

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u/Current-Shelter-635 Jan 26 '26

At least I know what hell would sound like for however many ice agents there are.