Desperation Comes to California Asylum Seekers

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In the United States, at least 77 people being held in two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in the state of California have started a hunger strike to demand the closure of the facilities and the release of all detainees. The hunger strike builds on an ongoing labor protest led by detainees at the Immigration Service detention centers in Mesa Verde and Golden State, who are paid just $1 a day for their work, including security services. cleaning where they have been exposed to black mold. Officials at the detention centers, which are operated by the private prison company GEO Group, have retaliated against the hunger strikers, placing them in solitary confinement.
Meanwhile, a new report from the Laboratory for Legal Innovation describes how immigrants and asylum seekers detained at the Torrance County, New Mexico, detention center are being subjected to methods of torture, including solitary confinement. , sleep deprivation, medical malpractice, and serious violations of due process leading to wrongful deportations.
Desperation Comes to California Asylum Seekers

In the United States, at least 77 people being held in two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in the state of California have started a hunger strike to demand the closure of the facilities and the release of all detainees. The hunger strike builds on an ongoing labor protest led by detainees at the Immigration Service detention centers in Mesa Verde and Golden State, who are paid just $1 a day for their work, including security services. cleaning where they have been exposed to black mold. Officials at the detention centers, which are operated by the private prison company GEO Group, have retaliated against the hunger strikers, placing them in solitary confinement.
Meanwhile, a new report from the Laboratory for Legal Innovation describes how immigrants and asylum seekers detained at the Torrance County, New Mexico, detention center are being subjected to methods of torture, including solitary confinement. , sleep deprivation, medical malpractice, and serious violations of due process leading to wrongful deportations.