The Allston Car Wash workers who were detained at work by immigration officials last month described experiencing inhumane conditions while in ICE custody during a meeting with Rep. Ayanna Pressley Monday night.

“A senior denied their medication, a young woman unable to shower or eat for days, people forced to endure harsh conditions in the lobby of a processing facility, not designed or equipped for living,” Pressley said.

Nearly two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nine employees at the car wash without giving them an opportunity to retrieve documents that could have proven they are allowed to work in the U.S., a manager said previously. The people detained ranged in age from a teenager to a 67-year-old man who recently lost his wife to cancer.

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