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Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant detention, report finds

UNITED STATES, AUG 05 – Senator Jon Ossoff's investigation found 510 credible abuses including overcrowding and mistreatment of pregnant women and children, amid a 268% rise in immigration arrests in 2025.

  • An investigation led by Sen. John Ossoff has found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses in U.S. immigration detention facilities, including reports of physical and sexual assault and medical neglect affecting pregnant women and children.
  • A disturbing case reported a pregnant woman who miscarried after being denied care for over 24 hours, highlighting serious medical neglect.
  • Detainees were reportedly packed into a room with one toilet and denied food and water, leading to protests that resulted in officers allegedly using flash-bang grenades and rubber bullets.
  • A civil rights complaint revealed that an 11-year-old U.S. citizen girl was denied medical care and kept in deplorable conditions while in custody with her noncitizen parents.
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I had been in Spain for a very short time and it was the first time I had set foot in a court. A teacher at this newspaper’s School of Journalism had sent us to a criminal court in Madrid to learn how to write court chronicles. I remember sitting in a room where a group of Senegalese tablekeepers were waiting, along with a lawyer, for their turn to enter. Then, a corpulent man, accompanied by a woman, passed by me. I heard something similar to “…

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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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