In a scene reminiscent from the series ‘Prison Break, where Brad Bellick, a former correctional officer, ends up in prison alongside inmates, after a judge blocked a deportation flight, eight deportees and over a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are stranded in a shipping container, and surviving in unbearable conditions at a U.S. military base in Djibouti, a country in East Africa.
NPR reports:
Several migrants have been stuck at the base for more than two weeks, after the airplane they were on, which was originally bound for South Sudan, was rerouted mid-trip due to a federal judge’s ruling. The court ruling came after multiple people facing deportation fought the Trump administration’s effort to send them to South Sudan. Now, their case has reached the Supreme Court, which could issue a ruling at any time.
The officers and immigrants cannot leave the container where the daily temperature has exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Daily Beast reports that the 13 ICE officials, including two medical staff, fell ill immediately after landing and are currently suffering from respiratory infections, as well as extreme heat and cramped living conditions. They, along with the deportees, have been forced to reside in a makeshift detention center, with only six beds between them.
