...“This lawsuit is saying that Orange County Jail and ICE regularly engage in retaliation against immigrants who are detained in their facility, and they neglect and abuse them,” said Samah Sisay, a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. “It's unconstitutional, and they need to be held accountable for it.”

Sisay, the Center for Constitutional Rights lawyer, said Ortiz and each of the plaintiffs all filed the lawsuit in an effort to better conditions for all immigrants being detained by ICE.

"They're the ones who have suffered the most and who have the most risk coming forward," Sisay said. "Regardless of that, they continue to push because they know what they experienced. And it was horrific." ...

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