[C]ivil liberties and immigration law groups allege that out of sight, the system is bursting at the seams. In the Texas facility, they say, illegal immigrants are confined 23 hours a day in windowless tents made of a Kevlar-like material, often with insufficient food, clothing, medical care and access to telephones. Many are transferred from the East Coast, 1,500 miles from relatives and lawyers, virtually cutting off access to counsel.The whole thing's worth a read, although I think our silently agreed-upon hiatus in the immigration debate makes a near-term solution unlikely.
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An inspector general's report last month on a sampling of five U.S. immigration detention facilities found inhumane and unsafe conditions, including inadequate health care, the presence of vermin, limited access to clean underwear and undercooked poultry. Although ICE standards require that immigrants have access to phones and pro bono law offices, investigators found phones missing, not working or connected to non-working numbers.
Trouble in Tent City
The Washington Post reports on conditions inside illegal immigrant detention centers:
Comments to "Trouble in Tent City":
Most people don't give an aeronautical copulation about what happens to "someone else". That's why we have so many ridiculous rules and regulations micromanaging our behaviors. Those types of laws are directed at "someone else" - who is determined to be unworthy of basic human kindness. Whatever you do to the least of these you do unto me - to quote a revered Islamic prophet.
Doctor Duck | February 2, 2007, 11:34am | #
limited access to ... undercooked poultryCan't come soon enough for me.
Ted Nougat | February 2, 2007, 1:20pm | #
Intensities in Tent Cities.superfreak | February 2, 2007, 2:54pm | #
Don't mess with Texas.Larry A | February 2, 2007, 3:19pm | #
Many are transferred from the East Coast, 1,500 miles from relatives and lawyers, virtually cutting off access to counsel.But. But. I thought this was a Texas-->California/Mexico problem The Wall will solve.