On September 11, 80 immigrant rights groups and legal service providers sent a letter to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In it, they listed several cases of immigrants who, despite having won their deportation cases, remained in prolonged detention.
The issue came after recent reports from facilities in places like Louisiana and Philadelphia revealed inhumane treatment of immigrants at detention centers, including instances of abuses which "meet the definitions of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international human rights treaties."
