Sent via email on September 24, 2024 to DHS CRCL

Four people in immigration detention filed a federal complaint to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) exposing the weaponization of medical care to suppress First Amendment-protected activity at two Central Valley immigrant detention centers: Mesa Verde ICE Detention Facility (Mesa Verde) and Golden State Annex ICE Detention Facility (Golden State). Prior to the filing of this complaint, disturbing revelations emerged of sexual and gender-based abuse, physical and psychological violence, and deprivation of basic necessities like water and toilet paper at the facilities.

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The complaint was filed on behalf of the immigrants by the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice and Asian Law Caucus.