US EditionAdvocates Say Kansas ICE Detainees Face Dire Conditions
- Dozens of immigrants arrested in Greater Boston are held for days in the Burlington ICE field office, a 42,000-square-foot building not designed for detention.
- This practice results from a surge of nearly 1,500 arrests in May and a lack of immigration detention facilities, especially for women, in Massachusetts and New England.
- Lawyers report detainees endure overcrowded small cells without beds, privacy, medical care, or proper hygiene, often sleeping on concrete floors with only mylar blankets.
- One client received three small meals daily, including oatmeal, pasta, and a rice dish described as "dog food," while another was held with about 40 men in a cramped cell.
- Advocates and detainees call Burlington's conditions inhumane and illegal, warning ICE's rapid transfers to less favorable jurisdictions hinder fair legal outcomes.
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