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A protester carries a US flag through teargas launched to clear protesters outside the Broadview immigration processing centre in Chicago. —The Guardian, October 3, 2025 |
NBC Chicago's investigative team reports at least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
All across America
people are
disappearing.
One minute
they're here
and the next
they're gone.
Disappeared,
dissolved,
dematerialised.
Deported.
Detained.
It's an American
Rapture.
The Rapture,
but only in
America.
Those of us
brought up
on such theological
dogmas
know that this
expulsion of the
saints will
usher in
a tribulation.
As if things
could get
worse.
The thing we got wrong
was that instead of the angels
doing the Lord’s work,
it’s the agents
doing the Devil’s.
As my old pastor
used to say,
“Fuck”.
people are
disappearing.
One minute
they're here
and the next
they're gone.
Disappeared,
dissolved,
dematerialised.
Deported.
Detained.
It's an American
Rapture.
The Rapture,
but only in
America.
Those of us
brought up
on such theological
dogmas
know that this
expulsion of the
saints will
usher in
a tribulation.
As if things
could get
worse.
The thing we got wrong
was that instead of the angels
doing the Lord’s work,
it’s the agents
doing the Devil’s.
As my old pastor
used to say,
“Fuck”.
Stuart Broughton. Gen-something. Library-adjacent. Tangata Tiriti. Libra. From Aotearoa | New Zealand. Trying to work it out.
