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by monocasa 1532 days ago
ICE has been accused of performing large numbers of forced sterilizations within camps in US borders.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/15/politics/immigration-customs-...

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> ICE has been accused of performing large numbers of forced sterilizations within camps in US borders.

> https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/15/politics/immigration-customs-...

The hysterectomies weren't US or ICE policy, they were the result of poor oversight of one contract doctor who was committing malpractice.

https://theintercept.com/2021/05/20/ice-irwin-hysterectomies...

> ICE stopped sending immigrant women to Amin after the allegations of nonconsensual and unnecessary procedures came to light. The FBI is currently investigating Amin for a series of unnecessary, rough, or abusive procedures, according to a report in Prism by Tina Vásquez earlier this month.

Amin is the doctor.

The feds shut down the entire facility after the allegations came out. It wasn't a case of one doctor.
> The feds shut down the entire facility after the allegations came out. It wasn't a case of one doctor.

Well the hysterectomy thing was the one doctor (and the facility failing at its duty to properly oversee him). However, it wouldn't surprise me if there were other issues there as well.

Habitually performing major surgery without informed consent is a structural problem that can't be pinned on a single doctor. An incredible amount of checks have to break down to get to that point.
> Habitually performing major surgery without informed consent is a structural problem that can't be pinned on a single doctor. An incredible amount of checks have to break down to get to that point.

We agree.

No, because I doubt very much that it was "a lack of oversight". He pretty much must have had support for what he was doing. There's a difference between not noticing something occasionally weird and mass sterilization.
And did the feds shut down the facility due to public outcry?
I mean, after the lawsuit was filed, ICE shutdown the facility and expedited the deportations of all who had filed the suits leaving no paper trail and nowhere for the lawsuits to go. That's not exactly what I'd expect from an org acting on the up and up.
Yes, that's not incompatible with what I said.
What part of forcing sterilizations in camps in our borders is 'making things right for foreigners'?
Often != always.
I'm sure that's what the CCP says about the Uighurs.
I think you should try rereading my comment.
Perhaps instead you should restate your argument in different words if you think you're being misunderstood.