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Cuban Immigrants Allege Abuse in Texas Detention Center

12/9/2025

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Cuban immigrants at a Texas facility report mistreatment by guards, including beatings and coercion to cross the border.
A complaint by civil rights groups describes detainees pressured by masked officials, subjected to inhumane conditions such as overflowing toilets and lack of medical care, and threatened with deportation or indefinite detention.
Human rights organizations demand an investigation.
The facility is part of a $1.2 billion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) project.

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Story summary

Cuban immigrants at a Texas facility report mistreatment by guards, including beatings and coercion to cross the border.
A complaint by civil rights groups describes detainees pressured by masked officials, subjected to inhumane conditions such as overflowing toilets and lack of medical care, and threatened with deportation or indefinite detention.
Human rights organizations demand an investigation.
The facility is part of a $1.2 billion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) project.