Johan T. reposted
Border regime creates the context for coercive control. It is designed to entrap racialized women and children: either under the control of the State or under the control of their abusers who leverage the threat of State violence to keep their victims trapped and silent.
NEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys and anyone who would listen. It didn’t matter. They were all taken to an immigration detention center.