Democratic lawmakers are decrying conditions at an ICE detention center in California, where migrants were taken weeks ago following high-profile raids in Los Angeles.
Concretely, Rep. Judy Chu said she and other colleagues visited the Adelanto facility on Tuesday after being turned away two weeks before. They toured detention cells, the kitchen and medical facilities.
"We were able to speak to some of the detainees. They told us they didn't get a change of clothes for 10 days, not even underwear," she said. "They had the same towel to wash themselves over and over."
Chu recalled the ordeal of a man who claimed to be detained in his store after being detained by federal agents. "They took him to the Metropolitan Detention Center, where he was kept in a room, not given food for 12 hours, unable to contact any family member or legal representative," she told Noticias Telemundo.
"He didn't have any phone conversations during that period until being taken to the Santa Ana Detention Center and then to Adelanto," Chu added. She claimed that the center's population went from 350 to 1,200 in 10 days in June. She suggested that those who had family members detained contact nonprofits like ACLU, CHIRLA and Immigrant Defenders, as well as consular offices.
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