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Seven immigrants sued ICE and DHS alleging inhumane conditions at California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert, including inadequate food, water and medical care.

Detainees report frigid cells, sewage backups and denied medications; one diabetic fears losing his foot after weeks without insulin access.

The 2,500-bed facility, which opened without proper permits in August, prompted a hunger strike protest by inmates the following month.

Fernando Gomez Ruiz had been eating at a lunch truck outside Home Depot when agents arrested him and 10 others in early October.

The diabetic father of two, who has lived in the Los Angeles area for 22 years, was detained and then quickl

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