I have asthma. When you have an asthma attack, you can't pull in oxygen. It is terrifying. If feels like you're going to die.
An inhaler can help, but in a severe attack, it is not enough. You could die.
She is being tortured, and she may die.
Because she wrote an op-ed.
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...