Complaint alleges retaliation at immigration detention facilities after protests over conditions [The San Diego Union-Tribune]

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : When it declines to do that, especially with people who have taken actions to demand better conditions for themselves and other people, at the very least, that merits a very close investigation of whether ICE is engaging in retaliatory behavior."
46% : According to the complaint, Alexandre believes that ICE has denied his request because of his media appearances and other activism.
46% : "ICE can release people and when people in detention are subject to serious illness or death because of their detention, ICE can and should release them.
44% : The allegation is part of a complaint filed last week by California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, Centro Legal de la Raza and the American Civil Liberties Union that says detainees at California immigration detention centers faced retaliation from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its contractors after organizing hunger strikes and other protests over unsanitary conditions.
41% : "Instead of taking meaningful measures to address these concerns, which are related to legitimate health and safety issues in the middle of the pandemic, ICE and its private contractors instead retaliate against those people to silence them."
39% : When asked about the complaint, ICE said that it does not comment on pending litigation.
39% : Under the judge's order, ICE said it would continue to keep some people in detention because of their criminal histories.
35% : The complaint asks the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to investigate the allegations and to make recommendations to ICE to stop future retaliation, including calling on the agency to terminate its contracts with the private prison companies at the named facilities.

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