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Two detainees at Passaic County Jail are in their 5th day of hunger strike demanding their release. ICE formally recognizes a hunger strike only after 72 hours.
These immigrant detainees are being held in jail even though they have no criminal charges.
Rosendo Lewis is the Cuban detainee who was attacked by dogs at Passaic County Jail and is being held indefinitely since Cuban detainees are not deportable.
Secka Abdoulie is a Gambian detainee who lost an asylum claim and is seeking to stay in the country with his American born wife and child.
These two men are committed to hunger striking as a way to protest the human rights abuses against immigrant detainees and demanding their release.
They are both devout Muslims who feel spiritually guided in this struggle.
Rosendo and Secka will be posting updates of their hunger strike every day to the NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee website at nj-civilrights.org reporting on treatment by county jail officials and by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, formally INS).
Please send emails of support to Rosendo and Secka to info@nj-civilrights.org
Press can contact NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee at 646-247-3238 to follow up on the story.
