🌱 Why detainees at Adelanto’s ICE facility say they’re refusing food
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- Why detainees at Adelanto’s ICE facility say they’re refusing food
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📰 News we're reading
• Calls for change at Adelanto ICE facility grow after some detained immigrants allegedly still on hunger strike (abc7.com) — Detained immigrants at the Adelanto ICE processing center are reportedly staging a hunger strike over what they describe as inhumane conditions, including poor medical care and food insecurity. Local congressional leaders and immigrant rights groups are pressing federal officials for changes, while facility operators and ICE dispute that a hunger strike is occurring and insist meals and monitored services are being provided. 
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