Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US By Rae Ellen Bichell, Claire Galofaro, The Associated Press, Maia Rosenfeld, Renuka Rayasam, Aaron Kessler, The Associated Press, and Byron Tau, The Associated Press

https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/ice-immigration-detention-medical-care-neglect-court-records-ap-investigation/ An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said his leg grew purple and swollen from flesh-eating bacteria when staffers at a Vermont facility did not bring him to a scheduled doctor appointment.