Nicolais: Alligator Alcatraz assault on detainees eclipses even the worst facilities in Colorado

Who knew the Aurora ICE Detention Center could be considered something less shameful than the Bastille of Colorado? That certainly was not on my bingo card for the Independence Day holiday weekend.

Yet due to the bottomless immorality of the current administration, that is the reality.

Do not get me wrong. The Aurora ICE Detention Center is an awful place. Like any prison, its very design is meant to be uncomfortable for detainees and visitors alike. From hard plastic chairs to thick, cold cement walls under low ceilings lit by fluorescent tubes overhead. Even without the guards and the gates, you know you are in a prison…

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