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A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
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00:00We broke the windows of the cars,
00:06we opened the doors for the force,
00:09and they didn't hit him,
00:11but they started to hit me immediately,
00:13when they stopped me.
00:15I remember that when we were in the ICE office,
00:19I told him that I could not remember anything,
00:23and he just ran away from me,
00:27and I fell away from me,
00:30and I fell away from immediately.
00:32I waited to wake up five or six days,
00:35I was very serious,
00:37the hit in my head were very strong,
00:40I lost my memory,
00:42100% on my past,
00:44the nurses,
00:46all the people who were at the moment
00:48were very good people,
00:50when they came to me,
00:51Alberto,
00:52how is it called the place where you live?
00:54I'm sorry, I don't remember.
00:57Every morning they asked me the question,
00:59and I had forgotten it,
01:00every morning,
01:01to be able to see me.
01:03It was very difficult,
01:04when I woke up,
01:06they gave me my phone to the hospital,
01:09and I made a call to my daughter
01:11to know about her,
01:12to remember her,
01:14and when I saw her first time,
01:16it was very difficult to think,
01:18she is my daughter,
01:19I don't remember having a daughter,
01:21I don't remember my parents,
01:23when I talked to my daughter,
01:25I said,
01:26hello,
01:27I'm your father,
01:28yes,
01:29you're my father,
01:30remember me?
01:31Remember,
01:32when I was five years old,
01:34you were with me,
01:35we danced all night,
01:37and the truth,
01:39I couldn't forget it.
01:41I can't get a job,
01:43as I'm still hurt,
01:44my body is still hurt,
01:47unfortunately,
01:48to get a bath,
01:50to wash my body,
01:51and all that.
01:54Well,
01:55if you're afraid,
01:56you'll come back and get you back again,
01:58and remember,
01:59if you have problems,
02:01you hit you and everything,
02:02you'll come back to your country,
02:04when your country depends on people,
02:06your daughter,
02:07your parents,
02:08your parents.
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