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To: Senator Alex Padilla and Senator Adam Schiff
Demand Humanitarian Access to ICE Detention Center Detainees
Senators Schiff and Padilla recently reported that detainees in the California City Detention Center were not provided clean water or adequate food. Additionally, critical medical attention was not provided. These claims are backed up by reports from ICE detention centers across the country.
Immediate action needs to be taken to allow humanitarian workers access to ICE detention centers to provide these services to the detainees.
It's imperative that we urge the senators to establish formal nationwide authorization from DHS and ICE for humanitarian access by qualified community, faith-based and medical organizations to these detention centers.
We have drafted a letter to Senators Schiff and Padilla petitioning them to demand this access from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
The Honorable Adam Schiff
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Immediate action needs to be taken to allow humanitarian workers access to ICE detention centers to provide these services to the detainees.
It's imperative that we urge the senators to establish formal nationwide authorization from DHS and ICE for humanitarian access by qualified community, faith-based and medical organizations to these detention centers.
We have drafted a letter to Senators Schiff and Padilla petitioning them to demand this access from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
The Honorable Adam Schiff
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Alex Padilla
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
We urge your immediate action on conditions in immigration detention facilities—conditions you reported after visiting the California City facility, including inadequate medical care, insufficient nutrition, and systemic failures by federal contractors.
Those same conditions are being reported in facilities across the country, Families describe detainees being denied adequate food, experiencing lapses in medical treatment, and lacking access to basic care for chronic conditions, confirming that the problem is not isolated but national in scope.
Given this record, we respectfully urge you to demand guaranteed humanitarian access to immigration detention centers nationwide as an immediate corrective measure.
Specifically, we ask that you press the Department of Homeland Security and ICE to:
- Establish formal, nationwide authorization for humanitarian access by qualified community, faith‑based, and medical organizations to detention facilities.
- Permit regular delivery of food, potable water, medications, and medical supplies where facility provision is inadequate.
- Ensure independent medical and humanitarian monitoring, with access to detainees and transparent reporting requirements.
- Prohibit retaliation or obstruction against organizations providing humanitarian assistance under this authorization.
Humanitarian access is a practical, enforceable safeguard. It does not replace oversight or accountability; it ensures that when federal systems fail, people in custody are not deprived of food, medical care, or human contact.
Your prior investigations have already established the factual basis for this intervention. What is needed now is decisive action to convert those findings into nationwide protections that prevent harm while broader reforms proceed.
Why is this important?
Human rights is a cornerstone of our democracy. It's unconscionable that these conditions exist in our country today. State inflicted inhumanity can not be tolerated. Men, women and children are suffering these conditions today. There's no time to wait.