US EditionACLU lawsuit alleges appalling conditions at California’s largest immigration detention facility
The lawsuit alleges unconstitutional conditions including severe understaffing and denial of basic needs at California's largest ICE detention center housing about 800 detainees, ACLU said.
- On Wednesday, a federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging appalling conditions at the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert on behalf of seven detained immigrants by the American Civil Liberties Union and partner groups.
- ICE's rapid reopening of the shuttered site in August without proper local permitting reflects President Donald Trump's push to expand detention capacity, producing a patchwork system outpacing oversight.
- The lawsuit details sewage bubbling from shower drains and insects on cell walls, with dormitory pods housing up to 72 people cleaned only once every eight days, while detainees report lack of soap, food and cleaning supplies.
- One plaintiff, Yuri Alexander Roque Campos, alleges denial of heart medication, two emergency hospitalizations, and the lawsuit seeks class-action status as detainees staged sit-ins and a hunger strike.
- ICE contracts show CoreCivic operates the facility under a $130 million annual contract with a bed capacity of 2,560, currently holding about 800 detainees; a September state disability rights group found medication and surgery delays.
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Detainees sue over conditions at ICE center in Cal City
Seven detainees at an immigration detention center in California City have sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging the facility is polluted by sewage leaks, infested with bugs and is denying people access to food, water and their lawyers.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxA federal lawsuit alleges deplorable conditions in a migrant detention center in California.
Los Angeles (USA), Nov 13 (EFE).- Seven detainees in California's largest immigration prison filed a lawsuit against the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) alleging that they are exposed to inhumane conditions and unjustified punishments in a private company's prison, announced Thursday the U.S. Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The lawsuit specifically targets the California City Detention Center, located in Kern County, north of Los Ang…
Immigrants held in 'inhumane' conditions at California detention facility sue ICE, DHS
At California City Detention Facility, immigrants file lawsuit over alleged 'shockingly deficient' medical care, frigid temperatures, bugs crawling on walls, sewage backups, inadequate food and water and generally 'decrepit' conditions.
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