Overview

• Civil rights groups report that about a dozen detainees have been refusing food for nearly two weeks in protest of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.
• Advocates say at least one Cuban migrant was hospitalized after joining the hunger strike.
• The Department of Homeland Security has rejected claims of a hunger strike, asserting that detainees receive three meals a day and adequate water.
• The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the administration over inhumane conditions at the facility.
• Officials have defended the camp as an efficient, cost-effective way to detain and deport migrants despite ongoing criticism over its rapid construction and remote location.