Cramped, cold and exposed: Maine asylum seeker recounts dismal detention conditions

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 20, 2026

Words: 1,098

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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There were more than 45 people in a cold room roughly the size of his kitchen, an asylum seeker living in Maine told Maine Morning Star of the conditions under which he was recently detained at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s New England Regional Headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

He and other detainees slept on the floor. Meals provided were minimal. The toilet was in that same room, with no barrier for privacy and a …

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