'It's scary right now': ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells [View all]
Source: The Baltimore Banner
John-John Williams IV and Daniel Zawodny
3/14/2025 5:30 a.m. EDT
She slept on a cold cement floor because there weren’t any beds. She wasn’t allowed to shower or brush her teeth. When she complained about the food, she said they stopped feeding her altogether.
April Amaya-Luis said she never imagined she would be held under such harsh conditions in a temporary holding cell in ICE’s Baltimore office for seven days while waiting to be sent to a detention center out of state. With little contact with the outside world, she said she battled suicidal thoughts as a result of the experience last month.
Ordeals similar to what was experienced by Amaya-Luis are increasingly common for those detained by federal immigration agents, where immigrants are held at ICE’s Baltimore field office for multiple days at a time, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen local immigration attorneys.
The extended use of a temporary holding facility not equipped for overnight stays comes as President Donald Trump’s administration is moving aggressively to curb immigration and to deport people living in the United States without documentation.
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