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Detained Illegal Aliens Sue US Government Over Conditions, Medical Care

Detained illegal aliens filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE on Monday for ignoring their medical needs.

Disability and civil rights advocates said in the suit that the detainees are placed in isolation and denied medical treatment.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 15 illegal immigrants from countries such as Sudan and Mexico living in eight difference facilities, many of whom are fighting deportation.

One detainee from the Middle East alleges he was denied a wheelchair and another claims he has not been provided with an interpreter.

Via Associated Press:

 Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a failure by authorities to provide accommodations for disabilities.

Read the full story from The Gateway Pundit


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