ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff’s Sexual Abuse of Detainees

Victoria Lopez and Sandra Park of the American Civil Liberties Union write:

A recent investigation into sexual abuse in immigration detention found that there were 1,448 allegations of sexual abuse filed with ICE between 2012 and March 2018. In 2017 alone, there were 237 allegations of sexual abuse in immigration detention facilities.

At least three former employees have been arrested for sexually abusing migrant children. One was convicted, and one of the facilities was closed down following allegations of staff abusing children.

These are not isolated cases. They clearly show that officials are not doing enough to detect and respond to incidents of sexual abuse in immigration detention. The result is that immigrants are put at serious risk for sexual violence while they are detained.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/ice-detention-center-says-its-not-responsible

Meanwhile Jeet Heer at The New Republic reports:

Trump incites a “lock her up” chant against women who make sexual harassment accusations.

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/152046/trump-incites-lock-up-chant-women-make-sexual-harassment-accusations

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