Immigrants participated in ‘UntuMane’ situations in California Detentity Supe, DHS
Fernando Gomez Ruiz had been eating at a lunch truck outside the Home Depot when agents arrested him and 10 others in early October.
A diabetic father, who lived in the Los Angeles area for 22 years, was arrested and transferred to the largest place in California, where he could not get regular insulin and now had to repair a hole in his foot.
He is now afraid that not only will he be fired, but he will lose his leg.
Ruiz is one of seven detained immigrants who filed a Federal Class Action Lawsuit in the District of California against the Department of Homeland Security and “Customeritive” in the California Desell Desert.
“The conditions in the California city are appalling,” said Tess Borden, an attorney with the prison’s legal office. “Conditions punish and are meant to punish.”
A photo used in a class action lawsuit filed by the ACLU is of the interior of the California City Detention Center in the Mojave Desert.
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“The defendants failed to provide constitutionally appropriate care to the people in the facility,” Bordene said. “Mr. Gomez Ruiz is one such example.”
The details of the complaint said that it “decided” the conditions inside the new detention center in California, where sewage has become a gambling den, insects have climbed to the top of the cells and parking garages, calls for medical help will be answered for weeks and people are excessively punished.
Ryan Gustin, a spokesperson for corecivic, which operates the center, referred questions to DHS and snow, but said in a statement that “the safety, health and well-being of the people entrusted to our care is our priority.
“We take seriously our responsibility to follow all applicable corporate quarantine standards at our contracted ice facilities, including [California City facility.] Our immigration centers are monitored very closely by our government partners on the ice, and are asked to meet regularly to assess the livelihood and care processes of all detainees. “
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But last month when asked about the center, Tricia Mclauglin, the Department of Homeland Security, defended the situation.
“ICE has higher standards for incarceration than most US prisons that hold real citizens,” he said. “All detainees are given proper food, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with lawyers and family members.”
The case blames just the opposite: Insufficient food and water, frigid conditions, forced isolation and lack of access to lawyers. It also provides for situations where suspected life-threatening conditions are not found.
A photo used in a class action lawsuit filed by the ACLU is of the interior of the California City Detention Center in the Mojave Desert.
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One of the plaintiffs, Yuri Alexander Roque Campos, did not receive the necessary heart medication. From the moment you get there you have two emergency rooms for severe chest pain. The last time he was there, the doctor told him he “could die if this happened again,” according to the lawsuit.
“It’s an example of the drama and heartbreak that people go through inside,” Bordene said.
The former prison was opened without proper approval in August as the Trump administration pushed to expand detention capacity across the country. Next month, immigrants within the area of 2,500 forces presented conditions that destroy hunger.
The case is that of the prison legal office, the American Civil Liberties Union, California partner of the immigration justice partnership and keker, van Nest & Peters.
