Civil rights organizations have filed a complaint with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement alleging that immigrants detained at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, have been beaten and coerced by federal officers.
In the complaint, based on interviews with 45 detainees at the facility, The American Civil Liberties Union and several other groups described "deteriorating conditions" and the use of force, including incidents in which detainees reported being kicked, restrained, or subjected to physical abuse such as guards "firmly crushing" their testicles. One Venezuelan detainee said he had not seen sunlight in more than three months.
