Calls to 911 from the Broward Transitional Center, an ICE detention facility in Pompano Beach, are on pace to double from last year, according to an analysis of emergency-call data by The Tributary, a trend that some lawmakers, immigration-rights groups and attorneys attribute to a system that is overwhelmed and operating with little oversight.
From January through June, at least 88 calls have been made to 911 dispatchers from within BTC, according to records from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, exactly twice the number of calls made during the same six months last year.
And the data indicate those calls are about more urgent issues: More than 40 percent of the calls this year were for medical emergencies, including fainting, seizures and chest pains. Only 20 percent of the 44 emergency calls made from January through June last year concerned medical emergencies…