The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is accusing the Donald Trump administration of intentionally subjecting immigrants to inhumane conditions at the notorious Louisiana prison known as Angola, a former slave plantation that’s recently been used to incarcerate immigrants and asylum seekers.
A lawsuit filed by the ACLU argues that detainees are being punished for crimes for a second time — in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause — because the government failed to deport them within six months of a removal order.
In their petition, ACLU lawyers write: “The anti-immigrant campaign under the guise of ‘Making America Safe Again’ does not remotely outweigh or justify indefinite detention in ’America’s Bloodiest Prison’ without any of the rights afforded to criminal defendants.”
[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]
