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Rep. Hank Johnson criticized witnesses during a congressional hearing on ICE detention center conditions, raising concerns over allegations involving detainee treatment, medical care, and food quality. During the hearing, Johnson pointed to claims that some detainees experienced poor conditions, including allegations that food was "inedible" and concerns about access to proper care.

The discussion sparked debate over ICE facilities, detention standards, government oversight, and accountability. Watch the full report for Rep. Hank Johnson’s remarks, witness responses, and the latest developments surrounding the ongoing debate over immigration detention conditions in the United States.

The allegations discussed during the hearing are claims raised by witnesses and lawmakers and have not been independently verified in this report.

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00:00Nobody talked about food being adulterated and unedible at Delaney Hall.
00:07Not a single Republican MAGA witness testified about the denial of medical care to detainees.
00:17But let me ask you, Mr. Merchowski, you've never worked for a for-profit corporation that runs for-profit detention
00:32facilities, have you?
00:35Congressman, thanks for the question.
00:37Have you, yes or no?
00:38No.
00:39And when's the last time you visited Delaney Hall?
00:44When Delaney Hall, before I retired, sir, before it closed in 2017.
00:48Yeah, that's been what?
00:49I don't know if you heard me.
00:50Almost 10 years ago.
00:52What about you, Mr. Del Sueto?
00:56When's the last time you visited Delaney Hall?
00:59Del Cueto, sir.
01:01Del Cueto, I'm sorry.
01:02I have not visited Delaney Hall.
01:04Never in your life?
01:05No, sir, but I have been at various different immigration facilities that have detained people.
01:10You have no personal knowledge upon which to reasonably conclude that the reports about cruel and inhumane and unusual or
01:20not unusual at Trump ICE facilities,
01:24you have no personal knowledge upon which you can reasonably conclude that what Mr. Sinha has reported about the conditions
01:34at Delaney Hall are true or false.
01:36Isn't that correct?
01:37My personal knowledge would be from seeing other immigration detention facilities throughout my career.
01:41You've never been to Delaney Hall, though?
01:44I haven't, but I've been to numerous other immigration detention facilities.
01:48What you saw at your detention facilities, were those public or private, by the way?
01:53They were both.
01:53You've always worked for public.
01:55No, sir, they were both private and public as well as state-run facilities.
01:58But you don't know what's going on at Delaney Hall.
02:01Let me ask Mr. Sinha.
02:03Mr. Sinha, can you tell us more about the 50 people who have died in ICE custody since Trump returned
02:14to office?
02:15And can you opine on the fact that 2026 is already the deadliest year in immigration detention since the Department
02:24of Homeland Security was founded?
02:27Thank you for the question, Congressman.
02:30I'll let you answer that question, and then the gentleman's time has expired.
02:34Thank you, Mr. Chair.
02:38The number of deaths is disproportionate to even the increase of detention in this country.
02:44The number of people detained across the country has increased by 77%, and also the deaths in custody have increased
02:55by 300%.
02:56So we're talking about a radical increase in the number of people that are killed or dying while detained in
03:05immigration detention.
03:08That's right.
03:10It's a shame that we are allowing that.
03:13Now, geo-groups that have been here to defend themselves, but they were not called, and nor were ICE or
03:22Customs and Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection.
03:25The gentleman's time has expired.
03:26Nobody called, just three guys with no personal knowledge.
03:30With that, I yield back.
03:31I thank the gentleman.
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