ICE Tried to Deport an Asylum-Seeker. Now He’s Being Denied Care for a Growing Tumor in a Private Prison.

Aliaksei Shcharbachenia, a Belarusian asylum-seeker detained at Farmville Detention Center, reports medical neglect as a tumor grows on his arm despite requests for specialist care. The U.S. government attempted to deport him, and advocates criticize expanding immigration detention under the Trump administration and Congress, with private prison contractor CoreCivic owning the facility.