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As hunger strikes are underway at two California ICE processing centers, I spoke with lawyer Yliana Johansen-Mendez of Immigrant Defenders Law Center to get her perspective on what lawyers are currently dealing with trying to get these folks out of detention and sent home.
Meanwhile, the raids continue. Yesterday, ICE took people from their vehicles in Highland and at the USCIS offices in Pomona, and conducted a joint operation at the Home Depot on Slauson in South L.A.
Today, Wednesday, May 20th, Day 349, Border Patrol was seen back in Indio, Cathedral City, and Palm Springs. ICE grabbed one person from their vehicle in Santa Paula, Anaheim, Colton, and San Bernardino. They also grabbed two people in Highland and two more in San Juan Capistrano.
Now going back to the detention centers, about 20 hunger strikers are demanding bond reform, mold remediation, better food, water, medical, and mental care. They are also demanding accountability for the deaths that have occurred, addressing various suicide attempts, the right to organize and speak with family and representatives without interruptions and retaliations, and the overall shutdown of Adelanto.