Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say
by Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#6XXVJ)
Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California's high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influx
As federal agents rushed to arrest immigrants across Los Angeles, they confined detainees - including families with small children - in a stuffy office basement for days without sufficient food and water, according to immigration lawyers.
One family with three children were held inside a Los Angeles-area administrative building for 48 hours after being arrested on Thursday immediately after an immigration court hearing, according to lawyers from the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), which is providing non-profit legal services in the region.
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