I'm appalled that we live in a country where we actually have to pass legislation to outline what is humane and appropriate treatment for immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Are we treating these people like criminals just because they happened to be detained in a jail or prison?

Or are we treating them like criminals because the word "immigrant" is attached to the front of their name?

I'm ashamed of our nation, and of our elected officials, for allowing such disgraceful and criminal neglect to continue.

Neglecting someone's health because you think they are trying to defraud the system is still neglect and, if they die, becomes murder. If they die while in custody of the United States Government (and I do believe that Immigration and Customs does "roll up" under there, doesn't it? Last time I checked? Unless someone rewrote all of our laws?), I do believe that makes us:

Legally and morally responsible for their deaths. It makes us bad people.

Names to Google: Jason Ng, Francisco Castaneda, Boubacar Bah, Edimar Alves Araujo, Rosa Isela Contreras-Dominquez, Abdoullai Sall, Young Sook Kim.

Or: http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=migrants

Make up your own mind.