{"id":2006099,"date":"2023-08-20T04:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T08:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushed-to-fulfill-promise-of-abolishing-private-ice-jails-following-reports-of-abuse\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T04:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T08:35:39","slug":"biden-pushed-to-fulfill-promise-of-abolishing-private-ice-jails-following-reports-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushed-to-fulfill-promise-of-abolishing-private-ice-jails-following-reports-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden urged to deliver on pledge to end private ICE prisons after abuse allegations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-pushed-to-fulfill-promise-of-abolishing-private-ice-jails-following-reports-of-abuse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Call to End Abuses in Immigration Detention Centers<\/h2>\n<p>A report detailing the horrifying abuses suffered by illegal immigrants in federal\u2063 custody has sparked outrage \u2062among advocates, who are \u200bnow urging \u200dPresident Joe Biden to fulfill his promise of ending privately operated United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention\u2063 centers.<\/p>\n<p>According to an NPR report released this week, immigrants under federal watch have \u200dendured severe medical neglect,\u200c mental trauma, and physical abuse. Immigration lawyers and civil rights \u200cgroups are furious with the Biden administration for allowing these atrocities to continue.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They uncovered through FOIA damning evidence of the severe \u2063medical neglect that occurs in ICE detention\u200c centers, most of which are run by private prisons or are\u2062 contracted-out county jails,&#8221; said Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, \u200bpolicy director for \u2062the\u2064 American \u200dImmigration Council in \u2064Washington, in a \u2064statement on X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, ICE \u200doperates over 200 detention centers and contracts with local\u2062 jails to house immigrants. \u200dAs of mid-August, more than 115 facilities held a\u200b total\u2062 of 29,731 people. Shockingly, over\u2063 90% of detainees were in\u2064 privately run facilities, a significant increase from the 80% during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The profits of leading contractor, the GEO Group, have also\u2062 soared, with the company making over $1 billion in 2022, according to\u2063 financial disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>During the Trump administration, \u2063experts hired by the government conducted internal audits of ICE detention centers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbaric-conditions-across-ice-detention-centers-nationwide-revealed-in-new-reports\/\" title=\"New reports expose 'barbaric' conditions in ICE detention centers.\">contracted local jails<\/a>\u200d across 16 states. These\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushed-to-fulfill-promise-of-abolishing-private-ice-jails-following-reports-of-abuse\/\" title=\"Biden urged to deliver on pledge to end private ICE prisons after abuse allegations.\">audits revealed egregious conditions<\/a>, including \u2064cases where individuals were returned to\u200d general population \u2064areas\u200d after \u200csurgery,\u200c despite \u200chaving surgical drains and open wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-throws-out-challenge-to-president-trumps-bid-to-exclude-illegal-aliens-from-being-counted-in-determining-congressional-seats\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Throws Out Challenge to President Trump\u2019s Bid to Exclude Illegal Aliens from Being Counted in Determining Congressional Seats\">immigrant rights<\/a> are not only frustrated\u200c with the ongoing abuses but also with President Biden&#8217;s failure to follow through on his promise\u200d to\u200b end partnerships with for-profit companies operating ICE&#8217;s detention \u200bcenters.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;No business should profit from the suffering of \u2064desperate\u2063 people fleeing violence,&#8221; Biden \u200csaid on the campaign\u200b trail\u200d in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Biden did issue an executive order \u2064to\u2064 stop contracts \u200cwith for-profit companies running the Justice Department&#8217;s Bureau of \u2062Prisons, he did not extend this order to \u2064immigration jails.\u2063 This lack of action has left many immigrant advocacy\u200b groups disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 National Immigration Project, in a \u200breport assessing Biden&#8217;s promises on immigration, gave\u2063 him \u2063a yellow score, indicating that \u2064he has fallen short\u200c of his commitment \u200bto \u200dend partnerships \u200bwith for-profit companies.<\/p>\n<p>Some organizations, \u2062such as the National Immigrant Justice Center, \u2063are calling \u2064for the Biden \u200dadministration to go even further and &#8220;end detention now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u2062 mounting evidence of abuses\u2063 and the calls for change, the government continues to defend the\u200d detention system. A DHS official stated that ICE prioritizes detaining individuals who pose a public safety \u2064or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a>, \u200band that keeping facilities open is beneficial for immigrants in detention.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics \u2064argue that the closure of\u2064 detention centers would not only address the abuses but also allow detainees to be closer to their attorneys, families, and communities.<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden administration has failed to fulfill its promise \u2062to end\u2062 for-profit detention centers, it is moving\u2063 forward with plans to build a massive new headquarters \u2063for\u2062 ICE\u2064 in Washington,\u2063 D.C.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c the debate \u2064over\u2064 immigration\u2063 detention continues, it is clear that urgent action is needed to address the abuses and ensure the humane treatment \u200dof \u200ball individuals in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report on abuses suffered by illegal immigrants in federal custody has reignited calls for President Biden to fulfill his promise of ending privately operated ICE detention centers. 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