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In reply to the discussion: Border patrol detained 5 mo. old in freezing cell, denied antibiotics, child now hospitalized [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)32. Hieleras (Iceboxes) in the Rio Grande Valley Sector (from 2015)
Each year, the Border Patrola division of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)holds hundreds of thousands of individuals in detention facilities near the U.S. southern border. These facilities are not designed for overnight custody, and yet they are routinely used in this way. Until recently, CBP policy was clear that these facilities were to serve exclusively as short-term holding cellsmeaning that a person should be held there less than 12 hours. Evidence presented in this report, which pertains to Border Patrol holding cells in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector, reveals that, instead, individuals are routinely held for days.
In October 2015, CBP updated its guidance on how long it may detain individuals. The new guidance states that short-term detention generally should last no longer than 72 hours. Notably, however, no structural changes have been made to the facilities. These facilities, which are often referred to as hieleras (Spanish for freezers or iceboxes), remain wholly inadequate forany overnight detention. Moreover, the conditions are reprehensible, even with respect to truly short-term detention. In addition to the fact that there are no beds in the holding cells, these facilities are extremely cold, frequently overcrowded, and routinely lacking in adequate food, water, and medical care. Recent accounts from families held in short-term facilities also demonstrate that Border Patrol officers harass and ridicule individuals in their custody and separate mothers from their minor children.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/hieleras-iceboxes-rio-grande-valley-sector
In October 2015, CBP updated its guidance on how long it may detain individuals. The new guidance states that short-term detention generally should last no longer than 72 hours. Notably, however, no structural changes have been made to the facilities. These facilities, which are often referred to as hieleras (Spanish for freezers or iceboxes), remain wholly inadequate forany overnight detention. Moreover, the conditions are reprehensible, even with respect to truly short-term detention. In addition to the fact that there are no beds in the holding cells, these facilities are extremely cold, frequently overcrowded, and routinely lacking in adequate food, water, and medical care. Recent accounts from families held in short-term facilities also demonstrate that Border Patrol officers harass and ridicule individuals in their custody and separate mothers from their minor children.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/hieleras-iceboxes-rio-grande-valley-sector
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Border patrol detained 5 mo. old in freezing cell, denied antibiotics, child now hospitalized [View all]
CousinIT
Dec 2018
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Photographic Evidence of Conditions in CBP's Short-Term Detention Facilities "Hieleras" Revealed
oberliner
Dec 2018
#38
Several of the responses seem to suggest that this is a new situation and/or unique to Trump
oberliner
Dec 2018
#52
This one (and many others) are on tRump. Big part of his legacy. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2018
#16