WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and their Democratic colleagues in a spotlight forum to sound the alarm on the overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and the 53 deaths under the second Trump Administration in immigration detention facilities.
In his remarks, Padilla underscored the need for oversight and accountability for the Trump Administration's cruel anti-immigrant agenda, reflected in the conditions of detention centers across the country. Padilla specifically highlighted the unacceptable conditions in ICE detention centers in Cal...