DHS reportedly shuts down office that investigates immigrant abuse

As the death toll at immigrant detention centers across the country continues to rise, the Trump administration is kneecapping federal efforts to monitor allegations of abuse at these facilities.

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Sites such as the Dilley Immigration Processing Center and Camp East Montana — both located in Texas and used to aid President Donald Trump’s racist anti-immigrant crackdown — have been decried by human rights advocates over reported deaths and alleged abuse.

You may have heard of Camp East Montana earlier this year, after a medical examiner determined that an immigrant who was being held there died by homicide via asphyxia, contradicting officials who said the man died after attempt ing suicide. Last month, NPR reported that the number of immigrants to have died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already hit a record annual high in the current fiscal year, which began in October. And CBS News reported that a record high for the calendar year is possible as well.

Meanwhile, the administration is undermining efforts to investigate unlawful and abusive behavior toward detained immigrants. HuffPost reported on an internal email, which MS NOW hasn’t independently seen, indicating that the Department of Homeland Security is closing an office tasked with investigating claims of abuse at immigration facilities.

According to HuffPost: