Violated: Woman Endures Six Hours of Multiple, Pointless, Redundant, Increasingly Invasive Body Searches (aka Rape) At Border and Gets Charged $5,000 For Them, Because Drug War!

A traumatized New Mexico woman has filed a lawsuit against El Paso border officers and medical officials who, after she was randomly selected and mistakenly targeted by a drug-sniffing dog, frisked and strip-searched her, stuck their fingers inside her vagina and rectum, took her handcuffed to the hospital where they did several more searches of her vagina and rectum, gave her a laxative, watched her have a bowel movement and X-rayed her pelvis. No warrant, no lawyer, though she asked. Then they charged her $5,000 for the exams because she'd declined to sign consent forms. Oh yeah: They found no drugs. 'Cause 'Murica! From U.S. Customs and Border Protection: " CBP stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission....(We are) working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe."

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