Complaint filed over incident at Golden State Annex

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "Another thing that we hope is that when ICE is negotiating its contract of operation for that facility -- which will be happening, I believe within the next year or so -- that these sorts of significant incidents are considered as a deterrent to continue operating this facility and to continue giving taxpayer money to GEO to run the facilities the way that they do," Petty said.
51% : As a service provider to ICE, Ferreira said GEO is required to follow Performance-Based National Detention Standards that are set by DHS and govern the provision of contracted services at all federal immigration processing centers and the treatment of those in ICE custody.
47% : "So ICE always argues that they need to detain people so that people will show up for their immigration hearings," Parent said.
45% : "The complaint is the latest in what advocates say is a series of abuses at Golden State Annex and other facilities managed by GEO Group Inc, a Florida-based private contractor for ICE.
35% : "ICE did not return request for comment but in an email, GEO spokesman Christopher Ferreira said the company takes exception to the allegations made in the complaint.
35% : "Such allegations are part of a long-standing, politically motivated, and radical campaign to abolish ICE, and end federal immigration detention by attacking the federal government's immigration facility contractors," Ferreira said.

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