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Seriously boiler, boil . He said he wanted to consult with a lawyer while he enjoys himself in the USofA for 6 days. That is not an immigrant intent, the CBP guy came up with that lie. Tell me in what immig law did it say you cant consult with a lawyer while visiting USA? He became mentally unfit because he was treated badly by the CBP person.

They put everybody in handcuffs and chains while moving people to/from the facility, and then for any medical, court hearing, etc. we were all again like that. I have learned the immigration detention is regardless of whether you actually are a criminal treating you like one. It happens to every asylum seeker.
Pretty much people asking for asylum are in this jail called detention faclity together with those who are getting deported for having commited felonies in the US while on VISA, etc. The facility is ran by a private company called GEO. It has been a subject to numerous complaints and criticism for many years due to sub-human conditions and its very strict army-like regime. The US government has yet to solve this issue. The facility is like in a 3rd world country.
I was there through the credible fear process, and the credible fear ceased after I have discussed the situation on the phone with a lawyer.
I was offered detention as an option to call a pro-bono lawyer and get the advise I sought. Since I needed to have my questions answered before being put on the next flight, I thought the CBP has a great idea. They thought it was a good idea too because they said I can end the detention any time if I decide to leave. The CBP said there is a form in the detention facility for voluntary departure. However, when I did what they said, then filled the form, nothing happened, nobody knew what to do to return me, only after a long time the immigration judge was due and he scheduled another hearing during which he has resolved the situation. Nobody else knew how to do it. The judge did what the "voluntary departure" form was for, and issued a final order. Day after I was on the next flight to the home country. In total it was 6 or 7 weeks of detention. None of it related to mental health.
Staff had no idea what to tell me, i.e. how much longer the detention is for. GEO, ICE, DHS hotline, all were clueless about the process and so was my embassy, the facility librarian, and everyone else I asked. The US immigration law does not mention anything about the process for my case either. Detention was definitely not designed for this. I wish the CBP let me make a call from the POE. If they would, I did not have to spend a month and a half detained.
They said usually, this facility is for asylum seekers and for immigrants who are getting deported for something illegal. Hence some of the rules may seem quite harsh if I have not done anything. I am neither a criminal nor an asylum seeker. They understood, but did not know how to follow up the process for removing me. There were flowcharts on the wall with an abstract high-level definition of the process, and none of the two flow-charts applied because my situation was different from deportation. I have arrived legally, had all documents, used the VWP, only was not admitted at POE. They were completely lost. They said normally, people are immediately returned, and because I weren't they did not know what to do next.
I was locked up without knowing anything, they were locking me up without knowing anything either. The CBP never mentioned that detention for tourists is a place like a prison and that tourists are treated like criminals.