Francisco Galicia was stopped at a CBP checkpoint on his way to a soccer event — and held in “inhumane” conditions for nearly a month
Francisco Galicia. Photo: Delcia Lopez/AP An 18-year-old U.S. citizen who was wrongfully held in immigration custody for nearly a month says that conditions in the detention center were so “inhumane” that he at one point considered self-deporting.
Since being released on July 23, Galicia has spoken out about the horrific conditions he endured while being detained: He says that he wasn’t allowed to shower once during his stay; that he lost 26 pounds due to lack of food; that the holding area was so overcrowded that some men had to sleep on the bathroom floor; and that the building was infested with ticks.
He continued: “It’s one thing to see these conditions on TV and in the news. It’s another to go through them.” Following Galicia’s release, ICE and CBP issued a joint statement about what they referred to as “conflicting reports” about Galicia’s near-monthlong detention, claiming that “situations including conflicting reports from the individual and multiple birth certificates can, and should, take more time to verify.”
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