Brösche, 26, never made it to LA. She’s been in federal immigration custody since Jan. 25 — the day they tried to cross into the United States through the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

Brösche had her German passport, confirmation of her visa waiver to enter the country, along with a copy of her return ticket back to Berlin, Lofving said. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent pulled Brösche aside for a secondary inspection.

She didn’t know it then, but it would be 25 days before Lofving would see her friend again. Brösche would spend that time in federal detention, where she remains, waiting for a deportation flight back to Berlin.

  • @[email protected]
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    4211 hours ago

    “online sleuths tracked Brösche to the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility run by the private contractor Core Civic.”

    Oh cool we’ve got private contractors running ICE detention facilities

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      148 hours ago

      And her indefinite hold wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that they get paid every single day she is there

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      Yeah, core civic is the largest private prison company in the U.S., headquartered in Nashville. I took a contract doing IT work there a few years back. I quit very quickly. I made it all of 2 days before I learned doctors with suspended licenses are allowed to keep practicing in prison systems.

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        33 hours ago

        I learned doctors with suspended licenses are allowed to keep practicing in prison systems.

        fffffuuuuck.

        especially, when you consider how fucking hard it is to pull the licenses on incompetent, abusive and shady docs. fucking hells

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          Want to cut costs on medical? Hire someone not legally allowed to practice medicine elsewhere. U.S. loopholes can get pretty horrendous.