she didn’t lose me, but she did lose who she thought i would be, her son. even with supportive parents, it’s hard on them. she’s been my number one supporter and best friend throughout this and i wouldn’t want anyone else by my side. i’d do anything for her, especially given she’s done absolutely everything for me.
Immigrant women say they were held "like animals" in ICE detention and subjected to conditions so extreme they feared for their lives. Chained for hours on a prison bus without access to food, water or a toilet. Told by guards to urinate on the floor. Held "like sardines in a jar," as many as 27 women in a small holding cell. Sleeping on a concrete floor. Getting one three-minute shower over three or four days in custody. "We smelled worse than animals," one detainee said. "More girls were coming every day. We were screaming, begging them, 'You can’t let them come.' They didn’t have space." Four women were held in February at the Krome North Processing Center in Miami – a detention center reserved for men. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the women into custody on alleged immigration violations, but none has a criminal background, according to a review of law enforcement records. They shared their experiences with USA TODAY on condition of anonymity, fearing retaliation by the government because they are still detained. The allegations come after two men at Krome died in custody on Jan. 23 and Feb. 20.