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DHS Closes Two Migrant Detention Facilities Amid Abuse, Mistreatment Allegations
Facilities in Massachusetts, Georgia being shut down
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement on Thursday that it would close two detention facilities for illegal immigrants that are undergoing investigations amid allegations of abuse and mistreatment.
The memo instructs the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to dissolve the C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia.
“Allow me to state one foundational principle: We will not tolerate the mistreatment of individuals in civil immigration detention or substandard conditions of detention,” Mayorkas said in a memo to the acting ICE director, Tae Johnson.