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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3783876" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>wow only in america do you get illegally anal probed by border patrol and then stuck with a hospital bill:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/checkpoint-nation/" target="_blank">Checkpoint Nation</a></p><p></p><p>andoval, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, told me that after the officers forced her into the squad car, they drove her to University Medical Center, a public hospital in El Paso. The officers found an empty room and shackled her to the examination table. A nurse entered and asked her to swallow a laxative so they could observe her bowel movement. Then a group of doctors came in. Sandoval pleaded with them to let her go. “A nurse told me to calm down,” she said. “That this was something they did anytime Border Patrol brought people in.”<strong> One of the doctors conducted a vaginal and rectal search using a speculum and his hands.</strong> “The agents kept saying that they knew I had drugs,” Sandoval told me. Still not satisfied, the doctor ordered an X-ray and a full-body scan. Again they found nothing. <strong>“The only thing left was to cut me open,</strong>” Sandoval said.</p><p></p><p>After more than four hours, the officers called off the search. One of them asked Sandoval to sign some government forms. “She wanted me to give my consent,” Sandoval explained. “She said that if I signed the papers, they would take care of the hospital bill. They would be ‘good guys’ and pay, because it would be expensive.” Sandoval pushed the papers away.</p><p></p><p>Finally, the officers drove her back to the bridge. At the port of entry, a third officer tried again to persuade her to sign the consent forms. He let her smoke a cigarette. “He said I probably needed it after what I’d been through.” Sandoval still refused to sign. By the time she got back to her car, it was 8 o’clock at night — six hours after her encounter with CBP began.</p><p></p><p>Sandoval tried to forget about what had happened to her. She figured it would be too costly to fight the government. But then the bills from the hospital started to arrive. <strong>For the cavity searches, the X-ray and the CT scan, the hospital was charging her $5,488.</strong> “I pay all my bills, but I was not going to pay these,” she told me. “So I started looking for a lawyer.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3783876, member: 56035"] wow only in america do you get illegally anal probed by border patrol and then stuck with a hospital bill: [URL="https://www.texasobserver.org/checkpoint-nation/"]Checkpoint Nation[/URL] andoval, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, told me that after the officers forced her into the squad car, they drove her to University Medical Center, a public hospital in El Paso. The officers found an empty room and shackled her to the examination table. A nurse entered and asked her to swallow a laxative so they could observe her bowel movement. Then a group of doctors came in. Sandoval pleaded with them to let her go. “A nurse told me to calm down,” she said. “That this was something they did anytime Border Patrol brought people in.”[B] One of the doctors conducted a vaginal and rectal search using a speculum and his hands.[/B] “The agents kept saying that they knew I had drugs,” Sandoval told me. Still not satisfied, the doctor ordered an X-ray and a full-body scan. Again they found nothing. [B]“The only thing left was to cut me open,[/B]” Sandoval said. After more than four hours, the officers called off the search. One of them asked Sandoval to sign some government forms. “She wanted me to give my consent,” Sandoval explained. “She said that if I signed the papers, they would take care of the hospital bill. They would be ‘good guys’ and pay, because it would be expensive.” Sandoval pushed the papers away. Finally, the officers drove her back to the bridge. At the port of entry, a third officer tried again to persuade her to sign the consent forms. He let her smoke a cigarette. “He said I probably needed it after what I’d been through.” Sandoval still refused to sign. By the time she got back to her car, it was 8 o’clock at night — six hours after her encounter with CBP began. Sandoval tried to forget about what had happened to her. She figured it would be too costly to fight the government. But then the bills from the hospital started to arrive. [B]For the cavity searches, the X-ray and the CT scan, the hospital was charging her $5,488.[/B] “I pay all my bills, but I was not going to pay these,” she told me. “So I started looking for a lawyer.” [/QUOTE]
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