Dozens of migrants were arrested in the recently opened center for detention Aligator AlcatrazIn the heart of Everglads Florida, in recent days they condemned Infragumal conditions This support in impromptu tents, with suffocating warmth and humidity, lack of water and food in poor condition.
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Applications of witnesses, detainees, their relatives and lawyers contradict the official statements that the place “complies with all the necessary standards.”
Vladimir Miranda, the Kubinsky migrant with a temporary permit for constancy in the United States, was arrested at his workplace in Orlando after the migration audience. His partner, an evolutionary Ortis, assured the channel NBC 6 This “he could not swim, he cannot use the bathroom well and does not have access to a lawyer.”
According to their history, when generators fail, they have electricity, water, phones or air conditioning, with temperatures that are about 40 degrees Celsius, with 90 percent humidity.
Leamsy “The Figure” remained, the Cuban city artist was arrested last week in Miami, condemned that he could not swim for four days and that the light was forever covered.
In statements a CNNThe wife of the Guatemal Migrant, arrested, condemned that her husband “had no access to a lawyer, was surrounded by mosquitoes and without enough food. When we say, I just repeat that the situation is very bad.”
Detained lawyers describe the treatment obtained as “rats in the experiment”. They condemn rotten foods, overwhelm the baths of excrement, constant mosquitoes and conditions that violate the fundamental rights, including the right to religion, after the alleged confiscation of the Bible.
The World Assistance Organization also warned that they are forbidden to pray and practice their faith in the installation.
Lawyer Gina Fega said her client spent five days without water, and to see how the detainees use Home Depot Cubets, a construction warehouse.
Other detainees indicated that they receive only “sandwich per day”, without hygiene products, such as toothbrushes or soaps, and that access to medical care is extremely limited.
Philip Arrao’s lawyer, who represents the beneficiary of assistance in the DACA migration, for young people who arrived without documents with their parents, said Miami Herald That his client was left without obligations for several days, without access to a lawyer, there is no food in good condition or minimum health.
“This is a violation of civil rights. My client has a legal status and is still here without explanation, ”he condemned the immigrants, which was preserved in this place after the traffic stop.
Unstable structure
Infrastructure ‘Aligator Alcatraz“Built in just two weeks, in the midst of water -bell ground with alligators and pythons, as well as at the old municipal airfield, 80 kilometers from Miami, is also worried.
Although the initial budget amounted to $ 450 million, the filtered documents of the Federal disaster agency (FEMA) indicate that the cost has already increased to more than $ 600 million.
The place was presented as a “temporary and effective decision” by the Prosecutor General of Florida James Utmeyer, who also gave him the name “Alcatras Kaiman”.
The complex includes a functional planting floor and is surrounded by the inhospitable geography of Everglads, which enhances the feeling of isolation.
Activist Thomas Kennedy from the coalition of immigrants from Florida accompanied the group of legislators to objects on July 3, but they were not allowed to access. “Mosquitoes were a visible cloud. They cut us.
On the contrary, the press secretary of the department of emergency situations of Florida, Stephanie Hartman, said in her statement that the complaints are “completely false” and that the center “is in good condition and meets all the requirements”.
The mayor of Miami-Daid, Daniella Levin Kava, demanded from the General Prosecutor of the state to objects and the creation of a monitoring team, which monitors the conditions weekly. He also requested an evacuation plan in the case of a hurricane, since the installation was raised in a high climatic risk.
With information EFE
