mymble<p>In mid-March, ICE kidnapped Merwil Gutiérrez, a 19-year old kid in New York who was pursuing an asylum case. His only "crime" was hanging out with friends at the wrong place at the wrong time. At the time, ICE agents realized he wasn't the person they were looking for. "Take him anyway." Merwil is now sitting in CECOT where he will probably live out his remaining days. </p><p>These examples will keep emerging over time, until it's undeniable that most people sent to that hell-hole were rounded up indiscriminately. Either everyone has due process, or nobody does. </p><p>~~~~</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutierrez-ice-wrong-teen-el-salvador-2059783" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/merwil-gutierrez-</span><span class="invisible">ice-wrong-teen-el-salvador-2059783</span></a></p><p>Federal immigration authorities apprehended a 19-year-old in New York despite realizing he was not the intended target.</p><p>The young man, Merwil Gutiérrez, was later deported to El Salvador's notorious super prison, despite his family's insistence that he has no gang ties or criminal history.</p><p>His father, Wilmer Gutiérrez, is now searching for answers after his son was snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.</p><p>"The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, 'No, he's not the one,' like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, 'Take him anyway,'" Wilmer told Documented, "an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting for immigrant communities in New York City."</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ImmigrantRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantRights</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CECOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CECOT</span></a></p>