ICE Detained A High Schooler Because They Were Looking For His Father, And People Are Absolutely Outraged

Outside the detention facility after his release on bond from an immigration court judge, Gomes da Silva spoke to the media about the conditions he and other detainees experienced inside. He had been held in ICE’s Boston field office in Burlington, Massachusetts; some lawmakers say the facility is being used improperly and that detainees are subjected to “abysmal” conditions there.

“The facility is only meant to hold people for a short period of time before they are moved to actual detention centers. But with the Trump administration reportedly setting arrest quotas for ICE agents to meet, field offices not meant to be detention centers are apparently becoming overwhelmed with detainees,” Boston.com reported.