The health of Rodney Taylor, a Liberian -born man who is a double amputee and is missing three fingers on one hand, has continued to worsen after being picked up by ICE and detained at Georgia’s Stewart immigration detention center and his case has now garnered support from a US senator.

Taylor, who has been detained for almost a year, told the Guardian he has now been diagnosed with bone spurs in his back, causing severe pain, while the silicone lining of one of his prosthetic legs has deteriorated, causing chafing and boils.

He has also faced problems with high blood pressure, his fiancee Mildred Pierre said, resulting in a prickly sensation in his right arm, dizziness and headaches and a recent change in medication.

“I feel like [being detained] is draining on my body,” Taylor told

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