As a result, immigration detention centers around the country, including Miami's Krome North Service Processing Center, better known as Krome Detention Center, are overcrowded, and conditions have worsened significantly, according to ex-detainees and immigration attorneys.
Protesters in South Florida are staging a protest outside Krome on Saturday to draw attention to the worsening conditions inside the detention facility.
"We have reached the point where prisons are being repurposed into holding facilities with conditions similar to those made popular by 1930s Germany," the event description reads. "Floridians must make their voices heard now."
If you are interested in attending the protest on Saturday, here is what you need to know about the "Rally to Stop Kamp Krome."
What to Know
Since late January, two people have died in ICE custody after being detained at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County.An immigration attorney told New Times that the detention center is a "humanitarian disaster," with detainees lacking basic necessities like food and sleeping on the concrete floor. Last week, a man who said he is detained at Krome posted a series of viral TikTok videos documenting the cramped conditions.
"We're practically kidnapped. We are in the process of deportation, but we have been here for more than 20 days," he says in Spanish, pleading for help. "There are people who have been here for more than a month with no communication. Please help us."
Additionally, four women who were held at the all-male detention facility in February said they were treated like animals, living in overcrowded holding cells with limited access to food and water. One woman added that she was not fed for 36 hours, while another called the facility "Hell on Earth."
