Hunger strike at CA immigration detention facility
"Conditions at an ICE facility in the high desert of Southern California are so bad that at least 20 people detained there have declared a hunger strike.
“There are many people suffering here. This is the only way we have to raise our voice, this is a call to stop the suffering and respect our dignity as human beings,” read a statement written by the strikers and read during an press conference held online this morning held by a coalition of advocacy groups.
"The immigrants at the Adelanto ICE detention complex have not eaten since Tuesday. They are demanding “due process, bond reform, improved conditions, adequate medical and mental health care, nutritious food, accountability for deaths, and the right to organize and communicate” according to their statement...."