ICE Treating Immigrants Like Literal Dogs – The Tuesday AM Quickie 7/22/25

Here’s what I saw at immigration court in New York. - Whitney

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Today you’ll read about still more horrors the Trump administration is raining down on immigrants in overcrowded detention centers, AOC’s hint that she’s considering a 2028 presidential run, and the GOP’s continued weirdness around serial sex abuser Epstein.

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Trump Regime Humiliates Immigrants in Detention, Forces Them to ‘Eat Like Dogs’ Off Floor 

Immigrant workers described new horrors inflicted by the Trump administration, including humiliation, abuse, and a disregard for people’s safety in three overcrowded ICE prisons in Florida, Human Rights Watch said in a new report published yesterday and covered in The Guardian. Per the report:  

“Staff were dismissive or abusive even when detainees were undergoing a visibly obvious medical crisis. For example, staff ignored a detained immigrant who began coughing blood in a crowded holding cell for hours. In that case, unrest ensued, and a Disturbance Control Team stormed the cell, forcing the men in it to lie face down on the wet, dirty floor while officers zip-tied their hands behind their backs. A detainee said he heard an officer order the cell’s CCTV camera feed to be turned off. Another detainee said a team member slapped him while shouting, “Shut the f*ck up.”

During another incident, officers made men eat while shackled with their hands behind their backs after forcing the group to wait hours for lunch: “We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,” one man said.