More People in ICE Custody Means Smaller Meals and Delayed Medical Care, Detainees Say
- In a June 20 press release, the Department of Homeland Security reported a 500% increase in assaults on ICE agents and highlighted doxxing threats against agents and their families.
- Since January, ICE arrests have doubled, driven by a Trump-era 3,000-per-day quota targeting non-criminal immigrants, with less than 10% having criminal convictions.
- DHS reports 35 pending assault charges since October 2024, including incidents like an ICE officer dragged 50 yards by a car and a female agent strangled during arrest, according to sources.
- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem vowed full legal action against assaults, affirming ICE agents will persist despite escalating risks.
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They sleep on the bare floor, crammed together, in small rooms with an unscreened toilet, and are not given proper food or medicine. But according to the authorities, everything is in perfect order.
Far from the public eye, the cost of the Trump administration’s immigration repression is developing in overcrowded detention centers across the country. Some immigrants have spent a week or more without showering. Others sleep tight on the cold floor. Medicines for diabetes, high blood pressure, and other chronic health problems are often not provided. In New York and Los Angeles, people have been held for days in narrow rooms designed for brie…
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