Nigeria, July 26 -- Dogs, no matter how we view them, are animals. To force human beings to eat like dogs, and under conditions worse than how a dog feeds, is intolerable. But that is what is going on in "God's own country" the United States, US. It has been plucking alleged illegal immigrants, or those with supposed criminal records, off the streets.

Some are fished out of farms, offices or homes and treated like dangerous terrorists. But wherever you stand on this issue, the image of such persons in US protective custody being made to kneel with their hands chained behind their backs while eating from disposable plates placed on chairs in front of them, cannot be excused. Even when dogs eat, their limbs are not chained.

When prisoners...