Immigration
Oct. 18, 2008
Detainees Say Facility Denies Basic Care
In the first week that federal immigration officials detained Hector Fuentes, the Honduran national said he went without his anti-seizure medication, a bed and a shower.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - In the first week that federal immigration officials detained Hector Fuentes, the Honduran national said he went without his anti-seizure medication, a bed and a shower. Like Fuentes, a dozen other immigrants also told the Daily Journal how they have spent days detained in a downtown Los Angeles federal building without access to medical care, showers, toothbrushes or beds.
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