1A The Conditions In ICE Detention Centers
Sep 24, 2025
Join Laura Barone-Lopez, a White House correspondent at MSNBC; Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute; and Sophia Gregg, an ACLU immigrant rights attorney, as they dive into the troubling conditions in ICE detention centers. They discuss the record surge in detainees, the cruel realities of overcrowding, and the legal loopholes affecting detainee rights. The guests reveal how federal policing changes impact immigration arrests, and the troubling role of private companies in expanding detention capacity. Tune in for an eye-opening conversation!
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Basement Holding Account From L.A.
- A man told ABC7 his wife was held in a cold basement with no beds and not enough food.
- He said women screamed and one woman foamed at the mouth, possibly from dehydration.
Chantilly Field Office Overstays
- Sophia Gregg explains Chantilly normally processes people for a few hours but now holds them for days due to surges.
- She reports people wait upward of seven or eight days in unsuitable holding conditions.
Detention Standards Have Deteriorated
- Muzaffar Chishti says immigration detention standards have deteriorated compared with penal facilities.
- Court decisions once protected families and children, but those standards are increasingly violated.