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Hey Congress, yesterday you passed a bill giving @ICEgov more money for immigration detention. Today @DHSOIG (DHS’s own watchdog) issued this horrifying report on a New Jersey ICE jail. Please read it. It explains where the money is going. 1/ oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/… 
The money is going to needlessly incarcerate immigrants in jails that, according to @DHSOIG, violate ICE’s own standards and “represent significant threats to detainee health and safety.” Here’s what the OIG found at the Essex County Jail in NJ, which jails about 800 people: 2/
The food is appalling. Inspectors found packages of raw chicken leaking blood on refrigeration units. Meat served is raw, spoiled, or expired. People said the food caused vomiting and diarrhea. One person said the food “literally looks like it came from the garbage dumpster.” 3/
