Arizona woman with leukemia loses 70 pounds after 16 months in ICE detention
Jul 30, 2026

An opinion piece argues that ICE detention facilities function as camps rather than mere detention centers, citing over 65,000 people currently confined and at least 52 deaths in ICE custody since the second Trump administration began. It highlights a woman in Arizona detained for 16 months without adequate treatment for her leukemia, who has lost more than 70 pounds and regularly vomits blood, and describes a now-closed Florida facility where detainees were allegedly held in a two-by-two-foot outdoor punishment cage.
Sources
- Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
The Guardian·Jul 30, 2026·archived copy
- Phoenix woman with leukemia has been without medical care in ICE detention for 7 months
coppercourier.com·Sep 11, 2025·archived copy
- A woman continues to seek release from ICE detention, citing her chronic leukemia
azpm.org·May 1, 2026
- Yassamin for Congress - AZPM: Arizona lawmakers call on ICE to release woman with leukemia from Eloy Detention Center
yassaminforcongress.com·May 1, 2026
- qvoicenews.com
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