Immigrants Risk Being Detained In 'The Freezers'

U.S. detention centers for people caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are being called unsafe, with some alleging that temperatures in the cells are kept low on purpose, as a form of punishment.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, we hear a report from Peter O’Dowd of KJZZ and Fronteras Desk.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson also speaks with Rachael Bale with The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), who has reported with O’Dowd on the border control detention centers.

• CIR: “Detained border crossers may find themselves sent to ‘the freezers’”
• Fronteras Desk: Cold Storage: Migrants Refer To Border Cells As ‘Freezers’

Guest

• Rachael Bale, reporter for The Center For Investigative Reporting. She tweets @Rachael_Bale.
• Peter O’Dowd, desk reporter for KJZZ. He tweets @odowdpeter.

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