Federal judge orders sweeping changes at Adelanto ICE detention center

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Set us as preferred A federal judge on Thursday ordered the government to immediately overhaul conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, finding that detainees were likely to succeed on claims that the government violated their constitutional and disability rights.U.S.District Judge Sunshine S.

Sykes granted a renewed motion for a preliminary injunction in a class-action lawsuit brought by detainees and immigrant advocacy groups, ordering the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make sweeping changes to medical care, sanitation, food, recreation, disability accommodations and visitation while the litigation continues.In her order, Sykes said the plaintiffs “have demonstrated they are likely to prevail—or at the least, raise serious questions—on the merits of their Fifth Amendment and Rehabilitation Act claims.Among other things, Sykes ordered the government to ensure detainees were provided 24-hour access to clean potable drinking water, nutritious and sanitary meals that contain a sufficient number of calories and adequate sanitation throughout the facility, to include daily cleaning and mold remediation.Sykes also ordered that within 14 days, ICE “develop and file a remedial plan to implement comprehensive systems for medical care and disability accommodations.” That plan, she wrote, is meant to ensure a documented health intake screening for all new detainees within eight hours of that person’s arrival at the facility; access to timely treatment; timely diagnostic testing; continued access to ordered medications; and provision of patients’ rights materials.To ensure compliance with the remedial plan, Sykes ordered ICE to provide access to “two qualified, independent, third-party monitors for the duration of this litigation or until terminated by court order.” O...