Disabled Immigrants at Notorious California ICE Jail Report Abuse and Neglect

"President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has led to an increase in raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), resulting in myriad human rights abuses - including the abuse and neglect of disabled immigrants in federal custody. In June, the largest disability rights group in the nation, Disability Rights California (DRC), conducted a monitoring visit at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California's San Bernardino County after receiving reports that disabled people were being held in unsafe conditions."

"The facility is run by the GEO Group, one of the largest private prison companies in the U.S. and one that has experienced a financial boon from the Trump administration's soaring detention numbers. There are at least 59,700 immigrants in detention centers nationwide - a historic high - and many of these facilities are run by GEO, a company long synonymous with neglect, abuse, and in-custody deaths."

"On Sept. 22, 39-year-old Ismael Ayala-Uribe died while detained at Adelanto. The Mexican immigrant and former recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was detained at the facility for a little more than a month before his in-custody death from unknown causes. Ayala-Uribe, who was apprehended as part of a workplace raid at an Orange County, California, car wash, was the 14th person to die in ICE custody this year."

A surge in ICE raids under the Trump administration has produced widespread human rights abuses, including neglect and abuse of disabled immigrants in federal custody. Disability Rights California conducted a monitoring visit to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center after reports that disabled people were being held in unsafe conditions. The Adelanto facility is operated by the GEO Group, a major private prison company that has benefited financially from increasing detention numbers. There are at least 59,700 immigrants in detention nationwide, and many facilities are run by GEO. On Sept. 22, Ismael Ayala-Uribe died while detained at Adelanto, the 14th in-custody death that year.

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