Demonstrators gathered in front of the Edward R. Roybal Federal building in LA are fasting to show solidarity with the detainees who are participating in a hunger strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center and Desert View Annex. They are demanding: bond reform, improved conditions, adequate medical and mental health care, nutritious food, accountability for deaths, the right to organize and communicate, and to shut down Adelanto.
“They’re risking their own health, because their complaints… aren’t being heard. This isn’t normal and we shouldn’t accept it as normal,” Bladimir Argueta, a fast participant, told LA TACO in Spanish.
Action item: Check out this toolkit for ways to support the Adelanto hunger strikers.
(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action. Emphasis original.)