DHS must provide 'constitutionally adequate healthcare' at ICE detention center, judge rules

Judge orders US to provide California ICE detainees with medical care, attorneys and blankets

Order comes after seven people in California City facility allege they were denied medications, food and sanitationThe US government must provide detainees at a California immigration detention center with adequate medical care, access to attorneys, and “temperature-appropriate clothing and blankets”, a federal judge has ruled.The order came on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit filed by seven people detained at the California City detention facil…

DHS must provide 'constitutionally adequate healthcare' at ICE detention center, judge rules

A federal judge also required an external monitor be appointed to ensure compliance, including through review of medical records and on-site inspection and interviews with patients and staff at the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert.

Judge Orders ICE to Provide Medical Care in Largest Immigration Jail in California

An attorney who sued the federal government alleged “crisis-level” conditions for the more than 1,000 people detained at the California City ICE facility.