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Chained on a bus for hours. No food, no water, no toilet. Guards telling women to urinate on the floor. Twenty-seven crammed into a tiny cell “like sardines,” sleeping on concrete, with one three-minute shower every few days. The stench was so bad, one woman said, “We smelled worse than animals.”

These are not stories from 1940s Europe. This happened last month — in the United States. At ICE’s Krome North Processing Center in Miami. A detention center meant for men, now holding women who committed no crimes — just immigration violations. And they’re still being held.

We need to stop pretending this is just bad policy. The parallels to Auschwitz are undeniable. People rounded up. Held without cause. Crammed into overcrowded, filthy cells. Denied basic hygiene. Treated like they are less than human.

In Auschwitz, they said they were “just following orders.” In ICE detention centers, guards say the same.

In Auschwitz, people were told they didn’t matter because of where they were born. In ICE detention centers, it’s the same logic.

In Auschwitz, suffering became routine — institutionalized. In our immigration system, it already has.

We swore we’d never let this happen again. But it’s happening—right here, right now.

If we still believe in “never again,” then now is the time to act. Not later. Not when it gets worse. Now.

Originally Posted By u/transcendent167 At 2025-03-23 11:01:35 AM | Source