"Everyone, no matter their legal status, has the right to access counsel and to not be subject to horrific and inhumane conditions, Alexa Van Brunt, the director of the MacArthur Justice Center's Illinois office and lead counsel on the suit, said in a news statement. Community members are being kidnapped off the streets, packed in hold cells, denied food, medical care, and basic necessities, and forced to sign away their legal rights."
"The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Pablo Moreno Gonzalez and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, are immigrants from Mexico who have lived in the US for more than 30 years. Both are currently detained inside the Broadview facility. Their suit names senior Trump officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Director Todd Lyons, as defendants. The complaint is the latest to allege abusive conditions and neglect at immigration facilities."
Immigrants detained at the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois are reported to face overcrowding, unsanitary holding rooms, and denial of legal counsel. Two long-term Mexican residents, Pablo Moreno Gonzalez and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, filed a class-action emergency lawsuit alleging inhumane and unlawful treatment. The ACLU announced the complaint and lawyers say detainees are packed in hold cells, denied food, medical care, and basic necessities, and forced to sign away legal rights. The complaint names senior Trump administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Director Todd Lyons. The complaint follows similar litigation alleging abuse at other immigration facilities.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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