U.S.-Mexico Border Whistleblower Says Migrants Are Dying From Neglect

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U.S.-Mexico Border Whistleblower Says Migrants Are Dying From Neglect
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Civil rights lawyer Lorrie Walker, who represents the whisteblower, accused CoreCivic, of 'putting profits over people.'

A nurse at a detention centre on the U.S.-Mexico border has said that migrants are being mistreated and neglected, as overworked staff struggle to cope with thousands of detainees.Juramay Olivia has claimed that poor care at the Otay Mesa detention center led to the death of one migrant, while another suffered a seizure, one required a liver transplant, and another was left with an open wound that festered.

'He's letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers, pour in,' Trump claimed at the time.The court document seen by Newsweek alleges that CoreCivic failed to provide adequate medical care as required under California state law and that managers at Otay Mesa fostered a 'hostile' culture and were 'unprotective' of its nursing staff.

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