Ice officers to be allowed to continue wearing masks despite controversy
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Ice officers to be allowed to continue wearing masks despite controversy – US politics live
Ice chief says he will continue to allow officers to wear masks during arrests. Migrants forced to kneel to eat from styrofoam plates in Miami jail. New report into conditions at three federal detention centers in Florida. The latest in a series of stories on the state’s detention centers and detention centers. Back to Mail Online home.back to the page you came from. The full story can be found here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/features/2013/01/29/stories-on-the-state-of-migration-jail-in-miami.html#storylink=cpy
Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next couple of hours.
We start with news that the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids.
As Donald Trump has ramped up his unprecedented effort to deport immigrants around the country, Ice officers have become notorious for wearing masks to approach and detain people, often with force. Legal advocates and attorneys general have argued that it poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear.
On Sunday, Todd Lyons, the agency’s acting director, was asked on CBS Face the Nation about imposters exploiting the practice by posing as immigration officers. “That’s one of our biggest concerns. And I’ve said it publicly before, I’m not a proponent of the masks,” Lyons said.
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Meanwhile, we have a report on how migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.
The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) operated jails in the state since January, chronicled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South from interviews with detainees.
Dozens of men had been packed into a holding cell for hours, the report said, and denied lunch until about 7pm. They remained shackled with the food on chairs in front of them.
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