Immigrants die in detention in the United States
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Immigrants are dying in U.S. detention. This Los Angeles Times editorial, which outlines the death of Joseph Dantica, an elderly Haitian pastor, in an American detention center, says:
‘Such callousness reflects a neglect that is shockingly permissible against immigrants nationwide. The country’s 300 immigrant detention centers, including facilities in Los Angeles, have voluntary healthcare standards, not mandatory ones. Because of that, immigrants who are detained at the centers -- some are in the country illegally; others are held because of clerical errors or while they wait for their asylum claims to be heard -- often are subjected to indifference, even cruelty.’
Read the editorial here, and for reporting on the effect of America’s jails on illegal immigrants, take a look at this recent Washington Post series titled ‘Careless Detention’ by Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein.
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City