An immigrant detained at Fort Bliss just died. Take action to shut it down.
Last week, a 48-year-old man detained at Fort Bliss died in ICE custody after failing to receive appropriate medical care. This should never have happened. The accounts coming from ICE's largest detention center get more horrifying by the day. We continue hearing reports of food shortages, beatings, tents filled with sewage, and medical neglect. Those detained are suffering conditions that no human being should be put through – especially while held by the United States government. The abuses we're seeing at Ft. Bliss are emblematic of the inhumane conditions that have become a hallmark of the ICE detention system as a whole. Tell your members of Congress to intervene now by exercising their oversight responsibilities and shutting down the ICE detention machine once and for all. Act Now We can't wait while ICE subjects more people to extreme abuse and neglect. Thank you for your action today. – The ACLU Team This just in from our lawyers: We sent a letter today demanding ...