US Immigration Detention: Overcrowding, Starvation, and Illness Reported | JQJO

Reports of inhumane conditions in US immigration detention centers are surging. Detainees at facilities like Krome in Florida describe starvation, illness, overcrowding, and inadequate medical care. Family members corroborate these accounts, citing insufficient food and unsanitary conditions. ICE attributes overcrowding to increased detention numbers, but experts link it to deportation rates not keeping pace with arrests. A new budget bill proposes massive funding increases for ICE detention, raising concerns about expanding mass detention rather than addressing the root issues.