MIAMI — The Biden administration is limiting the use of a Florida detention center that holds immigrants in federal custody after lawmakers and immigration activists raised alarm over conditions in the facility.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a formal announcement Friday afternoon stating that it would limit the use of the Glades County Detention Center, a county jail near Lake Okeechobee that houses migrant detainees on behalf of ICE.
The federal agency said it had curtailed its use of the Moore Haven county jail in recent years due to “persistent and ongoing concerns related to the provision of detainee medical care.” It also described the facility as one of “limited operational significance.”
