Decades from now, when historians try to make sense of how the U.S. government treated detained migrants, they will be able to hear directly from the men and women in federal immigration detention centers. According to his letter, the man could not be released from the detention center because he could not afford to pay a $50,000 bond. AdvertisementThe letters also offer details about the day-to-day operations of detention centers that are seldom seen in public. One Guatemalan migrant wrote down the cost of everything sold inside the commissary at Otay Mesa Detention Center. Detainees in the detention center reportedly work for $1 a day, meaning it takes more than a day’s wages to buy a bag of potato chips.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2019 00:33 UTC