Guatemalan detainee assaulted at Florida Ice center seeks justice

Multiple assaults, coercion' and visa denial for Andres Domingo raises concerns of systemic mistreatment in Ice detention centers

While detained at Miami's Krome detention center, Andres Domingo was sexually assaulted multiple times.

An investigation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) corroborated Domingo's claims and his legal team said this automatically made the 25-year-old Guatemalan native eligible for a U-visa, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services regulation. Given to victims of sex crimes or any crime that leads to mental and psychological suffering or abuse, the U non-immigrant status allows victims to remain in the US. Yet, Domingo's last request for the visa was denied on 25 August.