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The article says immigration agents took this kid's phone. And then the phone showed up for sale at a vending machine near an ICE facility? Did ICE agents STEAL and SELL this kid's PHONE? This obviously isn't the worst of what's described in the article. But it tells you something.

Also: "The family says Houston police still haven’t interviewed them. A department spokesperson told ProPublica it was not investigating the case, referring questions to DHS. But the police have also not released bodycam footage and case files aside from a top sheet, citing an open investigation."

This is insane. I'm guessing they took his phone to an ecoATM, learned it needs to verify it was wiped (which it could not), and so took the "phone is dead" price and got maybe $5 for it. You have to give your id to get cash, so in a civil suit the kid can subpoena the ATM company for who sold it.