‘Until we can’t no more.’ Immigrants on hunger strike at two Central Valley facilities
BY YESENIA AMARO UPDATED FEBRUARY 17, 2023 4:11 PM
The Mesa Verde detention center in Bakersfield. Gustavo Adolfo Flores Coreas recalls being subjected to “abusive pat-downs” by guards every time he left his dorm at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield.
The 31-year-old on Thursday told The Bee he began to skip meals to avoid the uncomfortable pat-downs by the guards employed by The GEO Group, which operates Mesa Verde and the Golden State Annex in McFarland for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“It was awful,” Coreas, who is now housed at the Golden State Annex, told The Bee during an interview about the pat-downs at Mesa Verde. “I didn’t want to be excessively touched.”
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