Overflowing toilets, no medical care: Democrats call Mesa ICE facility a ‘public health issue’

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 1,191

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Members of Congress are still concerned about a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Mesa after seeing cells still overcrowded and finding out that toilets at the facility “regularly overflow” after an unannounced visit Tuesday night.

This is the second surprise oversight visit to the facility located at Mesa-Gateway Airport known as the Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center, which has been operating far over its 157-person capacity for most of this …

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