New images and whistleblower complaints have once again put conditions inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miramar under scrutiny, where Democratic lawmakers say they have received reports about how people in custody are being treated and the conditions they are being held in.
The photos were shared by a whistleblower and later published by Reps. Robert Garcia, Bennie Thompson, and Maxwell Frost.
The images show people gathered in enclosed spaces, some apparently sleeping on the floor. They also show trash piling up outside, portable toilets that, according to whistleblowers, have not been cleaned, and people brushing their teeth with a water hose outside the facility.
Complaints of overcrowding and hygiene conditions
Thomas Kennedy, spokesperson for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, has closely followed cases like these and questioned why people are being held for extended periods at a facility that, he said, operates as a detention center even though it is made up of ICE administrative offices.
“They’re holding people illegally. For more than the 12 hours the law allows. Remember, it’s not a detention center—it’s ICE administrative offices that they’re using like a detention center,” Kennedy said, also referring to what he says the released images show.
“More than 100 people in these rooms, and what we’re seeing there, at least, is the garage. But they have office rooms where they have dozens of people crammed together—no shower, no bathroom,...
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