MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - Lawmakers and local leaders came together in Miramar to demand answers after a whistleblower’s account of cruel and dangerous conditions inside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
Immigration advocates’ calls for accountability and action took place outside the ICE facility along Southwest 145th Avenue, Wednesday morning.
“This is inhumane, this is wrong, and obviously, there are people who know about it, who feel the same way, who work inside because there was a whistleblower,” said Yareliz Mendez-Zamora with the organization merican Friends Service Committee.
The gathering comes days after the whistleblower report was released by Democratic members of Congress. The document raises serious questions about the conditions inside ICE facilities in Miramar and Orlando.
A man who asked not to be identified or show his face on camera told 7News he was held inside the Miramar facility for several days, and he faced inhumane conditions firsthand.
“No shower, we were using Porta Potties, and I believe the food was expired as well, too. It wasn’t the best. And they had us sleeping on the floor or on the chair, handcuffed, legs and hands,” he said. “I’ve been here for 12 years, no criminal record, no nothing. I worked for the government and all, too, and it’s just like, y’all treat me like a criminal.”
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