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Lawsuit Alleges ‘Horrific And Inhumane’ Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility

Lawsuit Alleges ‘Horrific And Inhumane’ Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility

CHICAGO — A new federal lawsuit alleges detained people are suffering from “horrific and inhumane” conditions at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview and that the federal government is concealing that mistreatment by blocking elected officials, attorneys and the press from accessing the facility. According to an emergency 76-page class action lawsuit filed Thursday, detained people at the facility …

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The right wing turned the inhumane Alligator Alcatraz prison into a meme

The right wing turned the inhumane Alligator Alcatraz prison into a meme

Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s hastily built, $225 million-and-counting immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, is both a de facto concentration camp and a right-wing meme. President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters are willing to excuse — or are in some cases reveling in — allegations of inhumane treatment at the facility: worms in food, floors flooded with fecal water, fluorescent lights …

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