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[-] [email protected] 56 points 3 days ago

U.S. Customs and Border Protection told HNN they are working on a statement for this story.

Please hold while we get our stories straight because some low level fuckup may have shit the bed in a uniquely special way the high level fuckups didn't expect and those of us who have to put words to this bed shitting haven't figured out or received guidance on how to frame it. God bless our troops.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So much border and immigration processing relies on convincing some the dumbest people in the world that someone deserves to be here.

[-] [email protected] 54 points 3 days ago

Jesus they cavity searched her too these freaks are really just frothing for any excuse to victimize anyone

[-] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago

Now imagine what they do to the people who Americans have decided deserve it, who will never get a chance to tell their story.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago

Weaponized SA

[-] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

Saroukos said officials conducted a body cavity search, walked her through the airport in handcuffs, and drove her to the Federal Detention Center.

I think it's pretty obvious that they just wanted to SA her, and that all of this is a pretense.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Just another day on the SA factory floor.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

cool how a "cavity" search is still a thing they're allowed to do to people.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Saroukos said officials conducted a body cavity search, walked her through the airport in handcuffs, and drove her to the Federal Detention Center.

“They stated, ‘No, you’re not under arrest. You haven’t done anything wrong, and you’ll be facing no criminal charges.’ So I was very confused as to why this was all happening,” she said.

At the prison, Saroukos was strip searched and detained with women who had been convicted of murder and drug offenses. She shared a cell with a woman from Fiji, who was also denied entry and waiting to be deported.

Because Saroukos had missed the cutoff for dinner, she was not given food. At no point was she allowed to call her husband or mother.

All they’d need to do to make the media forget about this forever is say something like “Look, mistakes happen and this was unacceptable. Nevertheless, we believe what we’re doing is correct, we intend to change nothing, and we reject any comparison with any of the many other times this has allegedly happened.” There’s almost no chance they do that, because they equate even the smallest appearance of accountability with weakness.

Instead, they’ll probably have Noem come out and say “this woman was a Chinese slut honeypotting our brave American troops for the CCP, and this brave service member privately reached out to President Trump to thank him for doing such a great job for our country.”

[-] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago

in any sane world military spouses would be treated like criminals so critical support to customs and border control on this one

[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Unless the partner is wearing a green hat, then they are cool.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Rocking up in my "cool hat" hat

[-] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago

Boots and pigs are not spared the wrath of the fascist regime.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

your point is taken, but this specific member of the military is a lieutenant. and while certainly lieutenants are among the lowest officer grades, by definition officers are an elevated class of soldier. they come from wealthier families, join up after receiving a college degree (often through highly selective military academies), and are career oriented. they get far better pay, far nicer amenities, etc. they represent a significant investment of professional development and managerial/leadership resources.

even though the US army is highly politicized and "officer heavy", still ~80% of US army soldiers are not officers. out of the typical annual recruitment, only 10% of new soldiers are commissioned as officers. if he is a first lieutenant, he is among the "executive" officers for his company, which is anywhere from 100-250 soldiers and may have anywhere from 3-7 junior of the non-executive, jr lieutenants... all of whom function under the command of a single major or a captain.

all that to say, the military is a very paternalistic, total institution, with regards to its own personnel. cohesion, morale, and chain of command depends on these middle managers seemingly being concerned about the morale of their direct reports and receiving the impression of reasonable concern from their immediate supervisors, especially when under personal crisis. we rip on the military for being a bunch of loser bozos, and they are, but the officer corps is its elite, leadership caste. in the details of the story, you can see the special consideration for an officer in the reporter saying her husband is currently with her in Sydney... so he was pretty rapidly authorized to not only go on leave from the base, but to leave the country to go be with his family in the aftermath.

i really wouldn't be surprised if this story, especially making the news, isn't something that has spawned some conversation among flag officers in hawaii (probably one of the most strategically significant bases on the planet) attempting to backchannel some unofficial ass chewing over this to somebody in DHS/CBP.

honestly, i think that's why this story made the news in the first place: some CBP fuckup kidnapped and SA'd an army officer's wife for fun then dumped her on a plane to get rid of her saying, "don't come back". i can absolutely imagine a captain or a major that guy reports to... or even someone higher up wanting to send a "yank the leash" message to whoever is corralling the sadists on staff over at that CBP post and requesting somebody roll up a newspaper and smack the specific rabid dog on the nose.

no clue how it's going to go or what we'll learn going forward, because it definitely feels like the wheels are coming off all over the place in service of discouraging all border crossing.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

The soldiers stationed at Honolulu could have done something really fuckin funny

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Why do they look so aggressively British?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

She’s Aussie and so descended from aggressively British people

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Aussies have mastered the British lad aesthetic, I should have known.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

She had a greek last name. So she's probably greek and naturally has some of the features brittish makeup tries to emulate

[-] riverSpirit 1 points 3 days ago

She’s greek? Maybe get your eyes checked.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Married to an 'murikkkan labeled her a "gold digger" to immigration officials. Been down that road way before ICE and DHS even existed. I'm surprised she even got a visa.

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