Landmark ruling made on Arizona CBP holding centres

A US federal judge made a landmark ruling on a specific section on southern border customs that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can no longer hold detainees for longer than 48 hours without providing basic human necessities. Migrants and advocacy groups called the holding conditions “inhumane” and an attorney for the Immigration Law Centre called the ruling a “tremendous victory”. The ruling handed down by district court judge David Bury is only applicable to CBP’s Tucson Arizona sector. Government lawyers argued the facilities in question are not subject to constitutional minimums in terms of treatment of detainees because they are processing facilities rather than detention centres. Image: Getty

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