Immigration

Two men who speak a rare language languished in Louisiana and Mississippi detention centers — in part, they say, because they weren't able to share their experiences in their native tongue.

Black immigrants who were formerly held in two detention centers in Louisiana are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end contracts with the facilities. Through a complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, they claim that the detention centers staff and officers engaged in "abusive, inhumane, criminal and racially discriminatory practices."