'It's scary right now': ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
Source: The Baltimore Banner
John-John Williams IV and Daniel Zawodny
3/14/2025 5:30 a.m. EDT
She slept on a cold cement floor because there werent any beds. She wasnt allowed to shower or brush her teeth. When she complained about the food, she said they stopped feeding her altogether.
April Amaya-Luis said she never imagined she would be held under such harsh conditions in a temporary holding cell in ICEs Baltimore office for seven days while waiting to be sent to a detention center out of state. With little contact with the outside world, she said she battled suicidal thoughts as a result of the experience last month.
Ordeals similar to what was experienced by Amaya-Luis are increasingly common for those detained by federal immigration agents, where immigrants are held at ICEs Baltimore field office for multiple days at a time, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen local immigration attorneys.
The extended use of a temporary holding facility not equipped for overnight stays comes as President Donald Trumps administration is moving aggressively to curb immigration and to deport people living in the United States without documentation.
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highplainsdem
(55,527 posts)NotHardly
(2,072 posts)Schumer is a p*ssy and traitor to us all. Old sour-faced fart.
moonshinegnomie
(3,312 posts)haul the heads of ICE into court and jail them. preferably in the same conditions
maxsolomon
(36,391 posts)State authorities?
Justice matters.
(8,303 posts)*Make America $uffer Again
The rest of the world is watching the "new" mass-maltreatment of human beings.
No wonder they hate the cruel king and his court of cruel billionaires
Cherokee100
(380 posts)Does deportation include, president Musk?