Colorado Democrats are accusing the ICE detention center in Aurora of denying medical care to immigrants and mistreating LGBTQ detainees on the Biden/Harris administration’s watch.
The complaint from U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper, Mike Bennet and U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was issued recently in a letter to several officials in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The conditions at Aurora’s ICE Facility – including a lack of timely and comprehensive medical care – are unacceptable. We are calling on DHS to swiftly resolve these issues for the safety and dignity of those detained there. https://t.co/2XXCpxIDiv
— Michael Bennet (@SenatorBennet) August 12, 2024
Detainees are apparently complaining to Crow’s office that their complaints are not being handled properly.
There are accusations of prolonged isolation, concerns about the treatment of LGBTQIA+ detainees, timely access to medical specialists, and “adherence to notification, hold, and transfer policies related to individuals who are subject to medical or psychiatric alerts or a medical hold.”
This comes on the heels of a death at the facility, also under the watch of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.
If not for their open border policies and failed asylum racket, Melvin Ariel Calero-Mendoza might still be alive.
Crow has insisted on government investigations into the Nicaraguan asylum seeker’s death in 2022. His asylum was denied but it’s unclear why he was still being held in detention. The death was never investigated by the inspector general, Crow says.
From Colorado Public Radio:
During a rec yard soccer game one morning, Calero Mendoza injured his foot. Over the next few weeks, he was repeatedly given mild painkillers by staff, who did not refer him for further care. The injury developed into a blood clot, which traveled to his lungs and killed him on Oct. 13, 2022.
Crow and the senators have a copy of the recent inspections of the center but offered little in the way of details as to exactly what’s going wrong.
The Democrats have demanded meetings with the various officials from the Biden/Harris administration to learn more about the inspection results and complaints from detainees.
It’s very troubling to learn of these ongoing problems with immigration centers when Joe Biden and his Border Czar Kamala Harris have promised to do better.