Documents Obtained by ACLU Show Sexual Abuse of Immigration Detainees Is Widespread National Problem (ACLU)
**ACLU of Texas Today Files Federal Lawsuit on Behalf of Women Assaulted at T.
Don Hutto Detention Center**
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through
the Freedom of Information Act provide a first-ever window into the breadth of
the national problem of sexual abuse of detainees in immigration detention
facilities. The ACLU is making information from the documents public for the
first time today, in concert with the filing by the ACLU of Texas of a federal
class-action damages lawsuit on behalf of three immigrant women who were
sexually assaulted while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) at the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Center in Taylor, Texas along
with numerous others who experienced similar trauma.
Government documents obtained by the ACLU contain nearly 200 allegations of
sexual abuse of immigration detainees jailed at detention facilities across
the nation since 2007 alone. The documents were obtained from the Department
of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, Office of Civil Rights and
Civil Liberties and ICE. While the information gleaned from the documents
likely does not represent the full scope of the problem given …
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