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August 6, 2025

Senate Investigation Finds Hundreds of Human Rights Violations at Immigration Jails
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As detained people speak out against abusive conditions in federal
immigration custody, a monthslong investigation has compiled reports of
hundreds of human rights violations at immigration jails nationwide,
including physical and sexual abuse, as well as violence against
detained children and pregnant people. The probe was led by the office
of Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff. 


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