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Hunger Strike at Tacoma ICE Facility | Seattle News
Over 140 detainees at Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Processing Center have launched a hunger strike, protesting dire conditions — including inadequate medical care and poor food — as part of a growing trend. Congresswomen Emily Randall and Maxine Dexter made an unannounced visit, touring the kitchen but barred from the medical wing, highlighting systemic opacity. With 1,458 people detained, families are in anguish — one son described his father, a longtime U.S. resident now reportedly ill. Activists with La Resistencia, who’ve backed nearly 20 strikes this year, demand urgent reforms. ICE and GEO…
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