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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect (opens in new tab)

A person, who was detained at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., and did not wish to be identified, poses for a portrait, April 22, 2026, in Flowery Branch, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)2026-06-02T13:02:09Z An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while ...

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