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Immigrant holding center suit settled

By Richard Binder

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Civil rights groups announced today that a lawsuit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over "barbaric" conditions at the basement holding center known as B-18 has been settled. The ACLU, the National Immigration Law Center and a private law firm alleged overcrowding of more than 200 detainees, some held for more than 20 hours and forced to sleep on the floor and drink from a sink.

The federal court agreement restricts detainees at the facility to 12 hours at a stretch except under unusual circumstances such as epidemics or natural disasters. It requires that they be provided with soap, access to attorneys and writing materials for those who need to prepare legal documents.

Full story at The Associated Press.


Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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