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Hunger Strike at Tacoma Detention Center | Seattle News
Over 140 detainees at Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Processing Center are on hunger strike, protesting dire medical care and poor food conditions — a growing trend that activists say signals systemic neglect. Congresswomen Emily Randall and Maxine Dexter visited the facility, touring the kitchen but barred from medical areas, leaving questions unanswered. La Resistencia, which has backed 20 hunger strikes this year alone, stands firmly with detainees. One activist, Marcos Angel Hernandez, fears for his father’s life after he was arrested and fell ill in detention — describing the facility as a place…
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