Hundreds of detainees at a refugee center in Washington state have gone on hunger strike in protest at their living conditions at the facility.
More than four hundred detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in the port city of Tacoma refused their meals Monday and called for better food and faster legal proceedings, according to a statement from Northwest Detention Center Resistance.
According to activists, this delayed immigration hearings for which they had been waiting since they were arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
According to activist Maru Mora Villalpando (pictured below), some of the detainees have had their legal paperwork lost when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents abruptly transferred them out of state while waiting months for hearings.
Although Seattle ICE spokeswoman Rose Richeson said the agency was aware of the situation in Tacoma, she added still the protest cannot be considered as a…