Reports of protests, overcrowding, and lack of food at ICE detention facilities
NPR reports that migrant detainees staged a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-run facility in Miami yesterday. Local news helicopters showed demonstrators lined up in the courtyard of the Krome Detention Center, spelling out “SOS” with their bodies. Krome is currently experiencing overcrowding. According to NPR, “[d]etainees have reported illnesses and limited access to medication.”
“NPR’s Jasmine Garsd reports that one of the first tips received about Krome came from Maria, a woman whose brother is inside the facility. Maria said they have been sleeping on cement floors, they are not being fed, and the food is spoiled. Garsd says there is evidence that this is a national issue. ICE detention centers are seemingly at 125% capacity. ICE says the overcrowding is temporary, but the Trump administration has promised more arrests. Overcrowding is one of the reasons a major goal for the administration is self-deportation.”
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