I have been readiing disturbing reports about life inside ICE detention centers.
Terrible things are happening, but you can make a difference. Scroll down for more.
ICE agents swoop in and detain people
without warning. Those detained are shackled and repeatedly moved
from one facility to another without explanation, sometimes being
moved across state lines on multiple occasions.
Their
belongings are taken from them. They are denied food for their
specialist diets. They have inadequate water supplied to them. They
are denied their prescription meds. There are gaps in mdntal health care and suicide prevention. Some are separated from their children. They are denied space in which to
pray.
They
are often living in filthy conditions, in freezing cold cells with
open toilets. They live under constant fluorescent
lights 24 hours a day. Some
are not given soap or toothbrushes. Some have no mattresses or
bedding. Some women are denied sanitary products.
Detainees report physical humiliation and violence.
Nobody
discusses the detainees’ cases with them or explains anything to
them. They are required to wear uniforms as if in prison.
They
do not have criminal records.
And
these facilities are run for profit.
This doctoral student shares her experience of being detained in an ICE prison.
How we can all support immigrants.
This woman from New Zealand was detained with her six-year-old.
This Canadian woman was detained.
A judge condemned what he called “inhumane and horrifying conditions”.
We must speak out against injustice and inequality.
We must speak up for justice. We must speak up for peace. We must speak up for human dignity. We must speak up for justice. We must speak up for kindness.
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