1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

I am writing in urgent protest of the horrifying conditions documented in the July 21, 2025, Human Rights Watch report on immigration detention in Florida. The report describes treatment of detained immigrants that flagrantly violates both international human rights norms and the United States’ own detention standards.   According to the report, as of mid-June, over 56,000 individuals were held in U.S. immigration detention daily—nearly 72% with no criminal history. In Florida facilities like Krome and BTC, overcrowding reached triple the official capacity. People were forced to sleep on concrete, denied food and medical care, and in some cases shackled and made to eat off of chairs with their mouths “like dogs.”   This is not just a bureaucratic failure—it is a moral crisis. No administration should be permitted to treat human beings in this way. I am urging you to publicly and unequivocally condemn these abuses.   Please demand congressional investigations, push for expanded oversight, and advocate for real alternatives to detention. Silence in the face of this cruelty is complicity.   Americans of conscience are watching. We need your voice.