The African detainees at Pine Prairie detention center in Louisiana are demanding an end to the abusive conditions highlighted in their protest videos. “It is hell in here … we are slaves under a master, which is ICE,” one detainee said. “We are begging you to help us in here. We are dying, for real.”
Cameroonian immigrants lead Juneteenth protest at ICE’s Pine Prairie detention center in Louisiana pic.twitter.com/fhJbOWPEBg
— Joe Penney (@joepenney) June 19, 2020
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