United States: a report of elected officials denounces the "deficiencies" of care for detained migrants

A report of elected officials of the US Congress denounced Monday the

in medical care in immigration detention centers in the United States, as well as in access to legal aid.

the report warned.

This document, emanating from the Internal Security Committee of the Democrat-majority House of Representatives, is the result of visits made from mid-2019 to eight of the 200 centers used by the migration police (ICE), and interviews with 400 migrants.

He denounces the

which detainees are frequently confronted with regarding care, both physical and mental.

It was published a week after a former nurse at one of these centers denounced a significant number of hysterectomies performed on migrant women in Georgia, giving rise to a complaint filed by NGOs.

According to the report released on Monday, some migrants complained in one of the centers of standing water on the ground, creating unsanitary conditions.

During interviews,

of migrants, writes the committee, which denounces policies of

, in violation of the rules in force.

He speaks of

.

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“One of the most frequent complaints that committee members have heard is that detainees face significant obstacles in obtaining information about their case,”

having access to translation or legal aid, a- he reported.

The report further points out that the committee's announced visits were prepared by the centers in question - with, for example,

once there - and that spontaneous requests from migrants to speak to investigators were rejected by ICE.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, six migrants have died in detention centers in the United States and 6,000 have contracted Covid-19, according to figures from ICE.

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