Immigrants Treated Like Animals — Immigration officials sued to curb sedation of deportees

The Dallas Morning News (12-28-08): Over the past six years, through October, federal immigration personnel sedated 384 deportees, an average of 64 a year, the government disclosed. Of those cases, 356 involved the use of Haldol — a drug used to treat schizophrenia and such psychotic symptoms as hallucinations, delusions and hostility. It is sometimes used in hospital emergency rooms to manage acute agitation and psychosis.

Medical authorities say the use of Haldol carries potential complications. The drug can trigger such adverse reactions as muscular spasms and a condition known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome that can result in a coma and even death if left untreated.

“Immigrants are not animals,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, the ACLU attorney involved in the lawsuit against Homeland Security.

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