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moonshinegnomie

(3,934 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:16 PM 16 hrs ago

conditions in ICE prisons

from jamie raskin

I just exercised my right as a Member of Congress to conduct an unannounced oversight visit of the ICE field facility in Baltimore. The staff I met with respected my right to visit, but what I saw was disgraceful. Kristi Noem has a budget of $75 billion she could use to ensure humane conditions, but we saw 60 men packed into a room shoulder-to-shoulder, 24-hours-a-day, with a single toilet in the room and no shower facilities. They sleep like sardines with aluminum foil blankets. Whether it’s for three days or seven days, nobody would want a member of their family warehoused there. The room set aside for dangerous criminals and violent offenders was empty. We’re demanding immediate answers and action.



everyone in charge of ICE should be arrested and sent to the hague for crimes against humanity


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conditions in ICE prisons (Original Post) moonshinegnomie 16 hrs ago OP
Congress could demand some kind of audit/spreadsheet, couldn't they? Or do they spend without oversight? Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #1
I can feel in my heart, brain and soul, that the 75 billion (Jesus Christ!)... chouchou 15 hrs ago #2

chouchou

(2,963 posts)
2. I can feel in my heart, brain and soul, that the 75 billion (Jesus Christ!)...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:29 PM
15 hrs ago

...is NOT going to where the intended use will be put to the right reality.

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