"A Bay Area lawmaker said conditions at the newest immigration jail in California amounted to "a violation of human rights" after an oversight visit this week. Khanna's visit comes at a time when ICE is locking up more people than ever in its history - roughly 69,000 as of late December - as the Trump administration continues its massive ramp-up in immigration enforcement as part of an aggressive campaign to deport millions of non-citizens."
"He said people described rocks in their food, undrinkable water, punishing lockdowns four times a day and no-contact visits with family members. "It was really dehumanizing, and many of them were in tears," he said. "Some of them had been in this country for over a decade, paying taxes, and they're just shocked that they had been sent to this facility.""
"The CoreCivic, Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center stands in the Kern County desert awaiting reopening as a federal immigrant detention facility under contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California City, California. The Trump administration is holding a record number of people in immigration jails - 69,000 as of December 2025. Last month, the California Attorney General's office sent out its own inspection team, as mandated under state law,"
The California City CoreCivic immigration processing center stands awaiting reopening as an ICE federal detention facility while nationwide ICE custody reached roughly 69,000 by late December 2025. Oversight visits described conditions amounting to a violation of human rights, with detainees reporting delayed medical care, blood in urine, rocks in food, undrinkable water, frequent punitive lockdowns and no-contact family visits. Many detainees were emotional, including long-term residents who pay taxes. In-custody deaths surged to 32 in 2025. The California Attorney General sent an inspection team under state law and issued a sharply worded letter calling the living conditions dangerous and inadequate; the attorney general said the facility opened prematurely and was unprepared.
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