'They are treating us like animals,' one immigration detainee at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center told immigration advocates.
More than 250,000 people have signed a petition demanding that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency end its alleged use of a disinfectant spray immigration advocates say has been causing serious side effects in detainees.
In a joint complaint sent to ICE officials on May 21, the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice and Freedom for Immigrants said that since May 11, they had been receiving"multiple reports multiple times per day" from detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center about the excessive use of HDQ Neutral.
"The spray that they use is called HDQ Neutral. On the bottle it says that it has 'Irreversible eye damage and skin burns. Avoid breathing. Do not get in eyes or on skin. Wear goggles and face shields. Wash thoroughly after using,'" they said. In a third testimony, a detainee states that they had"started bleeding from my nose" after being in contact with the chemical, which they said was identified by a worker as HDQ Neutral.
"The sprayed chemicals are coming into contact with individuals' eyes, noses, mouths, skin, clothing, bedding, food and drinking water, on an ongoing basis," the complaint states.
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