THREAD: 5 South Asian nationals at the LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana are quickly approaching their 75th day on a hunger strike for freedom. According to medical professionals, day 75 is when vital organs begin to fail. These men deserve freedom. truthout.org/articles/after…
Detention creates conditions that cause hunger strikes. Immigration detention functions as psychological torture. If asylum seekers continue to face indefinite detention in terrible conditions, we will see more hunger strikes and more deaths in custody.
ICE has broad prosecutorial discretion to release anyone at any time. They are actively choosing not to do exercise this discretion and release the men to the family and friends that have come forward and offered to provide housing and assistance should they be released.
The NOLA field office can decide whether these men continue to be detained or if they are able to go free. Join us in calling the NOLA ICE Field Office directly at (504) 599-7800 & demand their release #AbolishDetention
"...I will not resume eating till the time I have been freed, no matter how long it takes, I will face every difficulty to gain my freedom. I have only one demand that I want freedom and I want to fight my case from outside” - a statement from one of the men on hunger strike
When people in ICE detention go on hunger strike, it’s a last resort. They are willing to risk losing their life to be heard by ICE and the public. This goes to show just how terrible conditions are in ICE detention and why we must #AbolishDetention
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