cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/48479776
Two pet dogs were left locked inside an apartment for about a week with no food or water after ICE agents detained their owner and didn’t report the animals’ presence to any authority, according to videos on social media.
The dogs reportedly watched federal agents take their owner away in Oklahoma last January, reports the Daily Beast. The agents left without notifying animal control, leaving the pets trapped for days with nothing to eat or drink.
ICE aside, it is important to have a contingency plan in place in the event of “sudden incapacitation.”
Someone outside the household checking in, leaving out a generous supply of food and water, etc. Keeping emergency contact info up to date, e.g. so work knows who to call if you stop showing up.
I’m not victim blaming here. This is something that can happen for a variety of mundane reasons.
Typically that’s something a social support network (typically family or community) is supposed to do. However, ICE’s complete lack of transparency is part of the blight. No one knows what the fuck is going on inside, there is zero accountability, and they don’t report on the people in their custody. They either cage them like lab mice or ship them an ocean away like the literal Nazi mafia they are.
E: not to say I disagree at all
This was and is still true, especially of elderly and children. People are so isolated from their neighbors; we saw that during COVID and we see it now.