Lynette Tobin
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
Check your emojis on your phone, but it didn't matter to DHS.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
I'm Lynette Tobin, an immigration attorney and solo practitioner in San Diego.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
I am one individual basically fighting against the government.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
I got a call and learned from him that he was being transferred. He wasn't sure where. He just said he was being transferred. And then the next day, he called me, and he was in Texas this time instead of San Diego. Couldn't tell me what prison he was at. He didn't know. Simply Texas. His family was getting increasingly anxious. They had heard about these Venezuelans being sent to El Salvador.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
Of course, they didn't know for sure that he was there, but they knew he had tattoos. And they knew he was Venezuelan. And they're used to hearing from him, if not daily, almost daily. And asked me to please find out if he was still in the U.S. And I communicate with him through an app. And I checked that app and it showed that he was still at the prison. So I told them, no, he's still here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
He's okay. Okay. But he wasn't. They simply never, DHS never removed him from the app. He's still on my app as someone who is present in the US at this prison in Texas.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
on the news of these men who are on their knees with their heads down and their heads being forcibly shaved.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
So finally, I reach someone at ICE who confirms that he has been removed from the country.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
It is the most maximum security prison in El Salvador. It can hold up to 40,000 prisoners. The prisoners are held in large cells of at least 80 people in one cell. There are no windows. They never go outside. They aren't even taken out of the cell to eat. There are two open toilets that all of these men share. There is no privacy. They're constantly on camera, and the lights are never turned off.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
They have nothing. They are simply in this cell 23 and a half hours a day, and they do nothing. They just sit there. We do know that people at this prison are tortured. They're beaten. They aren't given medical attention. It's a very frightening circumstance.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
I'm not going to call it a deportation because he does not have an order of deportation. They took these people. did not tell them where they were being taken, put them on a plane, forcibly, and sent them to a third country. These men have no connection with El Salvador. They have disappeared them.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - The Goalie Who Disappeared
The government has refused to say where they're being held, even though we know where they're being held. They have no contact with their attorneys, no contact with their families. They can't receive letters. They can't receive their calls. Not even the International Red Cross has been able to see these people. They have been disappeared by our government.