Allston Car Wash workers describe inhumane ICE detention during meeting with Pressley

"Nearly two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nine employees at the car wash without giving them an opportunity to retrieve documents that could have proven they are allowed to work in the U.S., a manager said previously. The people detained ranged in age from a teenager to a 67-year-old man who recently lost his wife to cancer."

"Before a press conference, five of the workers shared their stories at a community discussion. "It was a tearjerker," Pomerleau said about the meeting. His clients were deprived of access to phone calls, medicine, and adequate food, he said. One said he was treated like a dog, but "a lot of people treat their pets a hell of a lot better than my clients were treated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Pomereau said."

"The Allston Car Wash workers who were detained at work by immigration officials last month described experiencing inhumane conditions while in ICE custody during a meeting with Rep. Ayanna Pressley Monday night. "A senior denied their medication, a young woman unable to shower or eat for days, people forced to endure harsh conditions in the lobby of a processing facility, not designed or equipped for living," Pressley said."

Nine employees at an Allston car wash were arrested by nearly two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while at work and were not given an opportunity to retrieve documents that could prove work authorization. The detained individuals ranged from a teenager to a 67-year-old employee who had worked 26 years and recently lost his wife. Seven have been released. Workers and counsel reported deprivation of phone calls, medication, adequate food, and access to showers, exposure to extreme cold, sleeping on a half-deflated air mattress against water-seeping walls, and inappropriate food for a diabetic detainee.

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