As Trump’s immigration dragnet grows, so do complaints of detention center conditions

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 5 days, 20 hours ago

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WASHINGTON — When the overhead lights turn off at the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia, it not only means that night has arrived for Aliaksei Scharbachenia, but that panic attacks will soon follow.

The attacks, which started after his detention began last August, he said, have only grown worse, stemming from the fear that he will be returned to his country of Belarus and face persecution due to his opposition to the authoritarian government.

“With the panic …

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