{"id":33092,"date":"2026-04-22T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=33092"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:55:11","slug":"inmigrantes-que-se-deterioran-en-un-centro-de-detencion-de-michigan-con-fines-de-lucro-meses-despues-de-los-arrestos-de-hielo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/04\/22\/immigrants-wasting-away-at-for-profit-michigan-detention-center-months-after-ice-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmigrantes \u2018se est\u00e1n consumiendo\u2019 en centro de detenci\u00f3n con fines de lucro en Michigan meses despu\u00e9s de arrestos de ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17a9a5e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><em>This<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/09\/29\/ice-fires-chemical-weapon-at-reporter-in-chicago-unprovoked-attack-under-investigation\/\">\u00a0story was originally\u00a0<\/a>published in Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit newsroom focused on Chicago\u2019s neighborhoods.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pico.link\/blockclubchicago\/login?id=RegistrationWizard_blockclubchicago&amp;short_code=kvrky26d\">Sign up for its free daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LITTLE VILLAGE \u2014 When Luis Fernandez Escalante\u2019s wife was called into an immigration check-in this October, he decided to accompany her. He wasn\u2019t required to, but Operation Midway Blitz was in full swing and his family was fearful of what could happen to her.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez Escalante\u2019s wife was ordered to wear an ankle monitor. He wasn\u2019t allowed to leave at all.<\/p>\n<p>For months, Fernandez Escalante has been detained at the North Lakes Processing Center, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center run by GEO Group, a for-profit company. He is one of eight immigrants who spoke to Block Club from the center in Michigan, hoping to raise awareness of what detained immigrants are going through.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17aacc1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: ##FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,##FFFFFF 0%,##FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17ab3d5\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h3 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>They said they\u2019ve been denied bond without justification. They\u2019re far from their families, able to connect only via phone and video calls. Finding and working with attorneys can be difficult from within the center, and it\u2019s challenging to gather the evidence they need for their cases. The conditions make it difficult to build their cases, some said. Others said a judge ordered for them to be deported months ago \u2014 and yet the government has kept them in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Many were detained by federal immigration agents despite having pending immigration cases or asylum claims, they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re treated like criminals,\u201d Fernandez Escalante said.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez Escalante and his family had a pending asylum case when he was arrested. He had fled Venezuela, fearful of facing political persecution because he\u2019d opposed ex-President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s regime. In Peru, he met his wife and her daughter; then, in 2023, the family traveled to the United States \u201cto start from scratch\u201d after his wife\u2019s ex-partner made violent threats.<\/p>\n<p>But their quest for safety turned into \u201ca nightmare\u201d when Fernandez Escalante was arrested Oct. 14 at his wife\u2019s immigration check-in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17adab1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3908-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">A Peruvian asylum-seeker and mother shows her immigration-related electronic monitoring anklet in Little Village on March 11, 2026. Her husband is Luis Angel Fernandez Escalante \u2014 a Venezuelan asylum-seeker who was detained at her immigration check-in last October. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Colin Boyle\/Block Club Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17aeefe\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Fernandez Escalante is one of hundreds of detained immigrants whose arrests appear to be in violation of a consent decree that limits warrantless arrests, attorneys with the National Immigration Justice Center said.<\/p>\n<p>Many feel they never got a fair chance.<\/p>\n<p>They feel trapped in a system \u201criddled with injustice,\u201d far from the ideals of democracy, safety and justice they sought in the United States, several immigrants said. After months detained, they feel helpless, anxious and mistreated.<\/p>\n<p>A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in an emailed statement that detained immigrants have access to a list of free legal services, access to a legal library and \u201cvarious means to connect with their attorneys, including in-person visits, telephonic and virtual conferencing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials said immigrants who have a final deportation order \u201ccan remain in ICE custody while a travel document is obtained for their lawful removal to their home country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Garc\u00eda, an asylum-seeker from Nicaragua, has been detained in the North Lakes Processing Center for over nine months after being arrested in a traffic stop in Detroit in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69e97a17af8f7\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid flex_gap_desktop_10px \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-32277\" class=\"post-32277 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-enforcementandcourts category-immigration-policy category-investigation tag-voluntarydeparture\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025.12.13_JaimeJr_CF-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jaime Jr., faces away from the camera as he stands beside the condominium parking lot in Mount Prospect, Ill., where his father, Jaime, was taken by federal agents on Oct. 12, 2025.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mexican Father Who Signed for Voluntary Departure Didn\u2019t Know He Had a Chance to Stay<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/mauricio-pena\/\" title=\"View all posts by Aydali Campa\">Aydali Campa<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/02\/23\/trump-immigration-voluntary-departure-mexico-operation-midway-blitz\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">febrero 23, 2026<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>It\u2019s a different life from what he hoped for when he \u201cgave up everything,\u201d including his medical studies, and abandoned his native country due to political persecution. Under President Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, more than 345,000 people have been forced to leave Nicaragua as of July 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2025\/country-chapters\/nicaragua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according to a Human Rights Watch report. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over two months ago, on Jan. 13, an immigration judge ordered Garc\u00eda be deported to Honduras, court records show. But he remains detained, \u201cstressed, feeling claustrophobic, without options,\u201d he said. He is desperate to be free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want us here, but they don\u2019t let us go,\u201d Garc\u00eda said. \u201cMy life is wasting away.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-conditions-at-the-center\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"conditions-at-the-center\"><strong>Conditions At The Center<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Immigrants detained at the North Lakes Processing Center in Michigan said the conditions there are hard to bear. There is limited access to medical care and inadequate food, and staff constantly belittle them, eight immigrants said.<\/p>\n<p>Civil and immigrant rights groups across the country have sued the federal government over\u00a0\u201cinadequate conditions\u201d in immigration detention centers, many of which are run by private companies. In November, the American Civil Liberties Union of California sued the federal government over \u201cinhumane conditions\u201d at the state\u2019s largest detention center, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/gomez-ruiz-et-al-v-ice?document=Complaint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">court records<\/a>. Earlier this year, families and children in a Texas detention center said they received bad food, insufficient medicine and inadequate education, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/life-inside-ice-dilley-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according to ProPublica.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan detention center has capacity to house 1,800 immigrants who receive \u201caround-the-clock access to medical care\u201d and \u201cdietician-approved meals,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geogroup.com\/facilities\/north-lake-processing-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according to the company\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the immigrants who spoke to Block Club said medical care is only provided for a few hours a day and detained people with medical conditions do not receive adequate or timely treatment.\u00a0Sometimes they have to buy medicine from the detention center\u2019s commissary, though it could take a week for the order to be fulfilled \u2014 long after someone sick needs it, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Others said the meals are insufficient and not balanced, consisting mostly of rice and beans, pasta and tuna and bread. Those detained can also buy more food from the center\u2019s commissary, but the staff often throws it out when inspecting their cells, several immigrants said. Some have felt forced to work in the kitchen\u2019s detention center, getting paid $1 for an eight-hour work shift that at least allows them to make the meals slightly better, they said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the Department of Homeland Security awarded over $811 million in contracts to the GEO Group for running supervision programs, detention centers and other services for detained immigrants, according to federal spending data. The contracts for running the Michigan detention center to house immigrants through the end of April are worth $77 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/CONT_IDV_70CDCR25D00000009_7012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according to Block Club\u2019s analysis of federal spending data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A GEO Group spokesperson said in an emailed statement the company was proud of its role supporting ICE\u2019s law enforcement mission for 40 years. The company said it provides all the support services listed on its website, including \u201caround-the-clock access to medical care, dietitian-approved meals and other services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the event issues are identified, we quickly resolve all of ICE\u2019s concerns as required by ICE\u2019s Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan,\u201d the spokesperson said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The toll on immigrants goes beyond the physical conditions of the detention center.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the detention center, immigrants regularly discuss with each other how they were arrested, often without a warrant, recalling the moment their lives changed while awaiting news that could bring some hope, they said.<\/p>\n<p>They see the hopes of other noncitizens crumble as immigration judges deny them bond, fail to notify their lawyers of their next court hearing or dismiss evidence, they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are too many irregularities,\u201d Fernandez Escalante said.<\/p>\n<p>An ICE spokesperson said in an emailed statement any claim there are poor conditions at the Michigan detention center \u201cis false.\u201d The agency said it maintains high-quality care, including medical, mental and dental care for detained people. 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Her husband is Luis Angel Fernandez Escalante \u2014 a Venezuelan asylum-seeker who was detained at her immigration check-in last October. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Colin Boyle\/Block Club Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17b4fd8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"h-they-re-my-everything-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"theyre-my-everything\">\u2018They\u2019re My Everything\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fernandez Escalante has been away from his wife, Filomena Chimaico Gomez de Fernandez, a Peruvian asylum-seeker and her 15-year-old daughter \u2014 \u201chis girl too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The family had a pending asylum case with an immigration hearing scheduled for 2028. They crossed the border in 2023, and they filed for asylum and attended check-ins in Texas, according to ICE records. Fernandez Escalante had no criminal record, he said. Block Club did not find criminal records for him.<\/p>\n<p>This September, the family moved to Chicago as Chimaico Gomez de Fernandez pursued a job opportunity that offered double the wage she made in Texas, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The family notified immigration authorities of the move, as required by the law. That \u201cdidn\u2019t matter\u201d to the agent who arrested Fernandez Escalante in Chicago, even when Fernandez Escalante said he had documents that proved he had a pending case and had always complied with authorities, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez Escalante\u2019s arrest is being reviewed as a potential violation of the Casta\u00f1on-Nava consent decree, a spokesperson for the National Immigrant Justice Center said.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez Escalante was transferred to Broadview\u2019s processing center, where he spent about a week as his wife frantically searched for him. There, he experienced firsthand the inhumane and horrific conditions immigrants were held in, he said. Dozens of people were crammed into small rooms, struggling to breathe due to confinement, forced to sleep on the floor or on small chairs and receiving inadequate food, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Local groups sued <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/10\/31\/lawsuit-alleges-horrific-and-inhumane-conditions-at-broadview-ice-facility\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">the federal government over \u201chorrific and inhumane conditions\u201d at the facility.<\/a> In November, a court temporarily ordered the Department of Homeland Security to fix some of the issues at the center, including improving the facilities\u2019 conditions and ensuring detained immigrants had sufficient water, meals and access to lawyers. The case is ongoing, and a hearing on a preliminary injunction seeking to order the federal government to maintain those conditions is pending.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Fernandez Escalante was taken to the Michigan detention center, where he has been for over five months. He had to interrupt his last semester of online journalism classes at a Mexican university and could no longer make it to English classes at Malcolm X College, which he attended with his wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut most of all, being away from my home, my wife and my girl is horrible,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been very difficult to carry this over my shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17b5fe4\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/031126-Little-Village-Immigration-Colin-Boyle-3762-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">A Peruvian asylum-seeker and mother blows a kiss goodbye to her husband on a video call on March 11, 2026. Her husband is Luis Angel Fernandez Escalante \u2014 a Venezuelan asylum-seeker who was detained at her immigration check-in last October.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Colin Boyle\/Block Club Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17b7231\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Out of their apartment in Little Village, Chimaico Gomez de Fernandez is doing anything she can to free Fernandez Escalante while taking care of their daughter, who\u2019s having a difficult time with the move to Chicago and being separated from her stepfather, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The wife and mother works two jobs to earn enough money to stay afloat and pay for two immigration lawyers and legal costs for her husband\u2019s defense. She started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/unidos-por-amorseparados-por-una-injusticia?attribution_id=sl:2c4a540d-49c9-4d79-b4d2-e8e5493e9e66&amp;ts=1773345677&amp;utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">a GoFundMe<\/a> to raise funds to support her family and is constantly on the phone, following up with lawyers or seeking help for her husband.<\/p>\n<p>When she isn\u2019t working, Chimaico Gomez de Fernandez looks after her 15-year-old and the family\u2019s cats. She\u2019s exhausted and worried about the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took months for me to understand it\u2019s not my fault he was detained,\u201d she said in Spanish. \u201cFor months, I was like a zombie, living while dead inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fernandez Escalante is terrified he\u2019ll be deported to Venezuela. He has been vocal against Maduro\u2019s regime on social media. He helped collect signatures among Venezuelans asking the International Criminal Court to investigate Maduro for crimes against humanity and participated in protests against the government, he said.<\/p>\n<p>While Maduro is now in U.S. custody, Fernandez Escalante fears he could still be persecuted in Venezuela, where Maduro\u2019s aides are still in power, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaico Gomez de Fernandez talks to her husband almost every day through phone and video calls to the detention center that cost $40 to $80 a week, depending on how much they talk or whether she needs to send him information to help him prepare for his asylum hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The calls also provide some emotional relief as they navigate this \u201cnightmare,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we wanted was to live a better life, feel safe and keep my daughter safe,\u201d Chimaico Gomez de Fernandez said. \u201cBut now, my heart is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17b81a4\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h2 id=\"h-if-i-had-time-my-lawyer-would-have-been-able-to-show-evidence\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"if-i-had-time-my-lawyer-would-have-been-able-to-show-evidence\">\u2018If I Had Time, My Lawyer Would Have Been Able To Show Evidence\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While detained, asylum-seekers face mounting challenges to prepare for immigration court hearings and prove why they escaped their home countries.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, detained immigrants are at least two times more likely to be ordered deported than those who are able to fight their cases outside detention, according to a report by the American Immigration Council that analyzed immigration court data from 2019-2024. Without a lawyer, immigrants have to defend themselves against highly trained government lawyers and interpret the country\u2019s complex immigration laws, making it harder to win their cases, according to the nonprofit Vera Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Manuel Arias Briasco, a Venezuelan-born man who lived in North Lawndale, had a pending asylum case and an immigration hearing set for Nov. 9, 2027. He said he had no criminal record, and Block Club did not find any criminal records under his name.<\/p>\n<p>But on Oct. 20, federal agents violently detained Arias Briasco while he was standing near his job site in suburban Berwyn, he said. He said he has evidence showing he was persecuted and targeted to be killed in his home country. But while detained in the North Lakes Processing Center, he had no way of retrieving photos and evidence about the attack, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had time, my lawyer would have been able to show evidence,\u201d Arias Brisco said in Spanish on a recent morning. \u201cBut I have no access to my phone to show the proof I have. It\u2019s egregious. It\u2019s an injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arias Briasco\u2019s attorney gathered evidence to submit to the court ahead of a Feb. 17 hearing in the Detroit immigration court, but it was \u201cvery difficult,\u201d he said. The immigration judge seemed to review his case quickly, Arias Briasco said.<\/p>\n<p>The judge ordered Arias Briasco\u2019s deportation on Feb. 17, immigration records show. Data shows about 79 percent of immigrants who had their cases reviewed by the Detroit immigration court while in detention were ordered deported, according to an analysis by the American Immigration Council.<\/p>\n<p>Arias Briasco considered appealing the decision, but the cost of an attorney is high for his already struggling family in Chicago, he said. As of Tuesday, he remained in the detention center in \u201cvery hard\u201d conditions, he said. But by Friday morning, he was in a facility in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [government] made my hearing harder just to give me a removal order, but I\u2019m still here. I don\u2019t understand,\u201d Arias Briasco said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e97a17ba5eb\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Others are considering volunteering to be deported because they feel so desperate and tired of the conditions in the detention center and the challenges of the immigration system, they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in detention is a choice, and the department encourages immigrants to self-deport,\u201d an ICE spokesperson said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>But immigrant and civil rights groups have raised concerns that the federal government is using prolonged detention to pressure immigrants to leave and give up their right to due process.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Garcia Neri, a Mexican national who is undocumented, called Chicago home for 32 years before he was arrested in October by immigration agents at a West Side 7-Eleven where he stopped to get coffee on his way to work, he said. Agents did not have an arrest warrant, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds, if not thousands, of Chicago-area immigrants who were wrongfully detained have been deported \u2014 or have felt coerced \u2014 to leave the country, attorneys with the National Immigrant Justice Center previously said.<\/p>\n<p>After months in detention and a judge denying him bond, Garcia Neri said he is desperate to get out. He has given up hope that he could find a pathway to stay in the country where his wife and son live, he said.<\/p>\n<p>If offered to take a voluntary departure, Garcia Neri is willing to take it, he said on a recent morning. As of Tuesday, he was still being held at the detention center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to get out [of detention]. If there is no other option, I\u2019ll have to leave my wife and son behind,\u201d he said in Spanish. \u201cI wish I could stay, but maybe God doesn\u2019t want me to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En un centro de detenci\u00f3n de Michigan, inmigrantes del \u00e1rea de Chicago enfrentan dif\u00edciles condiciones en medio de crecientes desaf\u00edos para defender sus casos de inmigraci\u00f3n, 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