Concerns over conditions in U.S. immigration detention: 'We're hearing the word "starving" '

In early May, NPR began receiving desperate messages from family members of detainees in Florida.

ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have lagged. Over the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded facilities lacking food and medicine.

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