A group of Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to investigate the Texas immigrant detention center where Laura Monterrosa, a young woman from El Salvador seeking asylum, reportedly remains suicidal after a female guard allegedly sexually assaulted her for four months.
In the letter, addressed to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Democratic Congressmen Lloyd Doggett and Joaquin Castro, along with 43 other Democratic representatives, asked that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency share the results of the investigation with Congress.
“Complaints of sexual abuse by guards and subsequent retaliation by ICE following victim grievances are disturbing and unacceptable,” Representative Doggett said in a press release. “Many of these victims are refugees seeking asylum, fleeing prior traumatic experiences. Basic human decency requires that they not be abused here.”
