The Southern Poverty Law Center and other immigration advocacy groups filed a class action lawsuit alleging a lack of medical and mental health care inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the United States
The lawsuit, brought on behalf of 15 named detainees and others, claims that individuals held in ICE custody have been denied healthcare, refused accommodations for disabilities and subjected to"arbitrary and punitive isolation." For example, the complaint alleges that two detainees have been denied daily doses of insulin for diabetes and another has been denied treatment for a likely brain parasite.
Additionally, ICE detainees receive a comprehensive physical exam"within 14 days of arrival to identify medical, mental health and dental conditions that require monitoring or treatment," Cox said. Immigration authorities have been under increasing scrutiny in recent months as the number of migrants arriving at the southern border spiked, and the Trump administration has made immigration enforcement a national priority.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacierOKJOKULL GLACIER, Iceland (AP) — It was a funeral for ice. With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials,...
Read more »
Bourbon And Corn Flakes Ice Cream
Read more »
Greenland's Massive Ice Melt Wasn't Supposed To Happen Until 2070The human race is a passenger in the car of climate change that's hydroplaning to the cliff edge of an environmental catastrophe.
Read more »
Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacierWith poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to what once was a glacier.
Read more »
Mississippi ICE Raids Separate Mom From Her Breastfeeding Baby GirlThe mother 'had this lost look,' an immigrant rights advocate told The Clarion Ledger after a visit. 'She doesn't know what tomorrow will bring.'
Read more »
Corrections officer who drove truck through ICE protesters resignsRhode Island state police and the attorney general's office are investigating the incident that took place outside a detention center Wednesday night.
Read more »