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A new class-action lawsuit alleges that U.S. immigration authorities disregarded signs of unsanitary and unsafe conditions at a detention center in New Mexico to ensure the facility would continue to receive public funding and remain open. The lawsuit announced Wednesday by a coalition of migrants' rights advocates was filed on behalf of four Venezuelans ranging in age from 26 to 40 who have sought asylum in the U.S. and say they were denied medical care, access to working showers and adequate food at the Torrance County Detention Facility, all while being pressed into cleaning duties, s...

Advocates have repeatedly alleged in recent years that the New Mexico facility has inadequate living conditions.

The detention facility is contracted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and has come under repeated criticism for it living conditions.

U.S. immigration authorities are facing a class-action lawsuit after allegedly ignoring inhumane conditions at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico for funding.