Honduran Man In ICE Custody Dies In Texas

Katharina Obser, a senior policy adviser for the advocacy group Women's Refugee Commission, questioned the administration's insistence of sending detainees to such holding facilities.

“What we're seeing is a reckless and unprecedented expansion of a system that is punitive, harmful and costly,” Obser said. “The U.S. government is not even doing the bare minimum to ensure [immigrants] are getting the medical care and the mental health care they need.”