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Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most important quote imo:

After being held in ICE facilities near Boston and in Buffalo, New York, he was flown to a facility in El Paso, Texas, where he is sharing a cell with more than 70 men. Culleton said the detention centre was cold, damp and squalid, and there were fights over insufficient food – “like a concentration camp, absolute hell”, he told the Irish Times