ICE Death Ruled Homicide, But Media Misses the Rot at the Core
📰 THE STORY: Geraldo Lunas-Campos died in ICE custody at a sprawling tent facility in New Mexico. His death has been ruled a homicide due to asphyxia, with fellow detainees describing being ignored by guards as an agent violently restrained Lunas-Campos, who suffered from mental illness. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This isn't an isolated incident. The US government's
history of mistreating migrants and asylum seekers is long and brutal. From the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII to the systematic separation of families at the border under the Trump administration (zero-tolerance policy starting 2018), and the establishment of for-profit detention centers under Clinton in the 1990s, the state consistently dehumanizes and abuses those seeking refuge.
The US has a long pattern of violating its own and international laws concerning asylum. Double Standard: Imagine if Russia or China had a migrant detention system where deaths were routinely ruled homicides, with eyewitnesses describing violent agents. Western media would be ablaze with condemnations, calls for sanctions, and demands for international intervention. Yet, when these atrocities
occur within US borders, they are often framed as 'failures of oversight,' 'isolated incidents,' or 'budgetary constraints,' absolving the systemic cruelty and the political decisions that enable it. The moral outrage is selectively applied. Follow the Money: The 'migrant crisis' is a goldmine for private prison corporations and related industries. Companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic, notorious