1. United States
2. S.C.
3. Letter

ICE detention centers are now marked by dangerous neglect and moral failure. In Louisiana, women report spoiled food and no medical care. In Georgia, emergency 911 calls go unanswered during pregnancies and suicide attempts. In Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” migrants live in flooded tents, swarmed by mosquitoes, and cut off from oversight. Across the country, people with no criminal record are sent to isolated, for-profit camps that reward prolonged suffering. This system increasingly mirrors early-stage concentration camps: remote, unsupervised, profit-driven, and defined by dehumanization. America once said “never again.” That promise rings hollow if we allow this to continue. This is not about opposing immigration enforcement. It is about defending human dignity. As Christians, we are commanded to welcome the stranger and care for the vulnerable. Turning away from this suffering is not neutrality—it is moral failure. Congress and the President must restore decency to detention: 1. Ban for-profit detention and enforce federal health and safety standards. 2. Require regular, unannounced inspections with independent oversight. 3. Guarantee judicial review and bail for non-criminal detainees. We must not accept a system that jails families in conditions that betray our laws and our faith. This is a moment for moral clarity—and action.