alt Hacker Newsgestures at the numerous overcrowded ICE detention facilities, the rotten food, the denied healthcare / resulting deaths, the separation of children from parents, the shuffling to frustrate habeas petitions and other legal interventions, the constant rhetoric spewed by admin officials
But deportation and the related procedures are not a punishment. Things that you list is similar to what would happen if a cop stopped you for speeding, and you couldn't get to somewhere that you should, in time, and some bad things happen...