Homeless Autistic Teen Finds 'Safety' in Federal Immigration Cage
A 15-year-old autistic boy, lost and vulnerable in Houston, is now in federal immigration custody. This, according to The Independent, after he'd been missing for weeks and his mother alerted police. Apparently, the U.S. government's priority isn't reuniting a child with his family, particularly one with special needs, but rather ensuring meticulous adherence to immigration bureaucracy. One might
almost wonder why our national security apparatus is so well-funded to catch lost children but so often fails to prevent actual threats. This isn't an isolated incident; it's a feature, not a bug, of a system that often treats vulnerable individuals as enforcement opportunities. The same system that reportedly spent $2.5 billion in 2022 on immigration detention alone, often housing individuals in
conditions advocates describe as concerning. Perhaps if his mother had declared him a foreign lobbyist, he'd have received swifter, and certainly wealthier, attention.