750 immigration detainees on hunger strike in US
Source: Associated Press
Immigrant-rights activists rallied outside the Northwest Detention Centre in Washington state , while at least 750 detainees protested their treatment with a hunger strike and called for an end to deportations.
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said on yesterday that 750 detainees had refused to eat and said they were on a hunger strike.
Activist Maru Mora Villalpando said the hunger strike started Friday as a protest against deportations as well as conditions at the centre. She said the hunger strikers, who she believes number more than 1,000, are seeking better food and treatment as well as better pay for centre jobs.
"We are concerned for their welfare, and we support their brave stand against inhumane treatment. We are gravely concerned about retaliation, particularly against the hunger-strike leaders," Villalpando said.
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