The unfortunate situation of immigrants detained in Washington / the court ruled in favor of the government

, a court in the United States has prohibited the city of Washington from further implementing strict laws related to keeping immigrants in a private facility and improving living conditions for detained immigrants as much as possible.

This ruling was issued in favor of the authorities and officials of the GEO Detention Center, a private and non-profit facility for the rehabilitation and detention of illegal immigrants in the city of Tacoma, Washington, and under the supervision of the Immigration Department. And US customs operates.

Private custody of immigrants should be regularly cleaned and disinfected, and sanitary items such as soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste should be provided to them without charge, and balanced and healthy food should be given to the detainees.

The judge’s 64-page ruling said the rules discriminate by imposing more requirements on federal contractors. Unauthorized against GEO Detention Center. Despite Washington’s desire to protect the public health and safety, the Court cannot permit the State of Washington to enforce unconstitutional laws in a manner that purports to address public concerns.

The officials of the GEO center while expressing their satisfaction with this decision of the court stated that they are still committed to providing health and care services to detained immigrants in accordance with the available federal standards.

Despite the fact that detainees and human rights critics have so far made numerous complaints about health conditions, food security and health care in the Tacoma center, so that some of them in They have started a hunger strike to protest the existing conditions.

The American Civil Liberties Union announced in July of last year that more than 90 percent of the 30,000 immigrants who are detained daily are kept in private facilities. Immigrants are being detained.

GEO company owns more than 100 immigration detention and detention centers in America.

Meanwhile last year according to a draft memo by The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Joe Biden, ordered the closure and downsizing of some immigration detention centers due to their high costs.

According to this draft, Biden ordered the closure and downsizing of 9 immigration detention centers due to cost issued the high prices of these centers and their lack of staff and thus saved 235 million dollars in the budget.

Accordingly, 6 of the 9 centers mentioned in this draft in August 2022, will be operated by private companies. they begin. Among these for-profit centers is the name of one of the centers in New Mexico called the Torrance Center, which the government watchdog had previously ordered to transfer all its immigrants due to a severe lack of staff. A crisis that led to security risks and unfavorable living conditions.

In the meantime, during the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised to reform and review the immigration process, but with the significant increase in immigration to the United States And trying to illegally cross the US-Mexico border made it difficult to fulfill this promise. The failure of the Biden administration to reform these centers represents the challenge Biden faces for his 2024 campaign.

It is worth mentioning the issue of illegal immigrants in America and their efforts To enter the territory of this country through the border of Mexico has become one of the challenging and critical issues for the Joe Biden administration.

since Joe took office Biden in January 2021, so far, the record of illegal immigration crossing the southern border of the United States has been broken twice in a row. According to US Customs and Border Protection, more than 2,000,000 illegal crossings into the US will be recorded in 2022.

But “Donald Trump”, not long ago He announced that if he becomes the president of his country for the second time, he will restore the security measures at the borders of the United States and will ask the Congress to impose criminal penalties for the failure of officials to allow immigrants to enter.

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