{"id":219177,"date":"2025-12-23T11:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/?post_type=press_release&#038;p=219177"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:03:22","slug":"ice-to-provide-urgent-medical-care-for-two-plaintiffs-at-california-city-detention-facility-following-emergency-filing","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/ice-to-provide-urgent-medical-care-for-two-plaintiffs-at-california-city-detention-facility-following-emergency-filing","title":{"rendered":"ICE to Provide Urgent Medical Care for Two Plaintiffs at California City Detention Facility Following Emergency Filing\u00a0"},"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-219177","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"subheading":"","date_and_time":"2025-12-23 12:00:00","featured_image":"","show_on_press_releases_landing_page":true,"components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":{"text":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreed yesterday to provide immediate medical care for two individuals being held in the California City Detention Facility, after the individuals filed their petition for emergency relief. The agreement was entered as a court order by the federal judge in San Francisco overseeing the case.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month, Yuri Roque Campos and Fernando Viera Reyes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/immigrants-detained-at-californias-largest-immigration-detention-center-file-motion-seeking-medical-care\">filed<\/a> the motion seeking medical care on an emergency basis after medical staff at the facility ignored their worsening health issues. A medical expert previously warned in a sworn declaration that any delays in medical care would lead to suffering and even possible death.\r\n\r\nThe duo are represented by the Prison Law Office, Keker Van Nest &amp; Peters LLP, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, and are part of an ongoing class-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/immigrants-sue-trump-administration-over-inhumane-conditions-at-californias-largest-immigration-detention-center\">lawsuit<\/a> challenging the abusive conditions in the California City Detention Facility, California\u2019s largest immigration detention facility.\r\n\r\n<i>Quotes from co-counsel are as follows: <\/i>\r\n\r\n\u201cWhile we\u2019re relieved that Mr. Roque Campos and Mr. Viera Reyes will finally receive the medical care they urgently need, ICE should have never denied them adequate medical care in the first place,\u201d said <b>Kyle Virgien, senior staff attorney at the ACLU\u2019s National Prison Project. <\/b>\u201cMany more people remain at the detention facility, facing the same inhumane conditions that put these two men\u2019s lives in jeopardy. We will continue to fight to ensure all people detained at the California City Detention Facility receive the medical care that they urgently need.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cIt should not take a team of lawyers and a federal judge\u2019s attention to ensure that people in ICE\u2019s custody have access to adequate medical care when facing life-threatening medical issues,\u201d said <b>Cody Harris, partner at Keker Van Nest &amp; Peters LLP.<\/b> \u201cWe are relieved that our motion spurred the government to act after months of neglect. We now turn our attention to ensuring that the conditions and medical care at California City comply with the law.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYuri Roque Campos and Fernando Viera Reyes should not have had to wait months to get the medical care ICE knew they needed the moment they arrived at the facility,\u201d said <b>Tess Borden, supervising staff attorney at the Prison Law Office. <\/b>\u201cWe\u2019re not stopping with this win. We\u2019ll continue to work to ensure that they\u2014 and everyone detained at California City \u2014 receive the medical care they need and are entitled to under the law.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe order is online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/order-5\">here<\/a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"}}],"drupal_node_id":"","email":"media@aclu.org","phone":"(212) 549-2666","address":{"address_1":"125 Broad Street","address_2":"18th Floor","city":"New York","state":"NY","zip_code":10004,"country":"United States"},"pgp_public_key":"","issues":[46529,46637],"press_releases_related_to_cases":"","spokesperson":[45148],"related_affiliates":"","related_content_documents":"","related_content_publications":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Civil Liberties Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICE to Provide Urgent Medical Care for Two Plaintiffs at California City Detention Facility Following Emergency Filing\u00a0 | American Civil Liberties Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/ice-to-provide-urgent-medical-care-for-two-plaintiffs-at-california-city-detention-facility-following-emergency-filing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Civil Liberties Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-23T17:03:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@aclu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/ice-to-provide-urgent-medical-care-for-two-plaintiffs-at-california-city-detention-facility-following-emergency-filing\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/ice-to-provide-urgent-medical-care-for-two-plaintiffs-at-california-city-detention-facility-following-emergency-filing\",\"name\":\"ICE to Provide Urgent Medical Care for Two Plaintiffs at California City Detention Facility Following Emergency Filing\u00a0 | American Civil Liberties Union\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-23T16:38:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-23T17:03:22+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/press-releases\/ice-to-provide-urgent-medical-care-for-two-plaintiffs-at-california-city-detention-facility-following-emergency-filing\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\",\"name\":\"American Civil Liberties Union\",\"description\":\"The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union \u2014 beyond one person, party, or side. 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