Back in the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced plans to stop sending immigrants and asylum seekers to two troubled immigration jails: the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama, and the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida. The agency also said Friday it would scale back the use of two other facilities in North Carolina and Louisiana. The move comes after mounting pressure from immigrant justice advocates who have helped expose the squalid and dangerous conditions faced by people imprisoned at these ICE jails.
ICE to Stop Jailing Asylum Seekers in Two Prisons over Dangerous Conditions
HeadlineMar 28, 2022