It has become an open secret that the U.S. government deviates from humanitarianism to create an immigration crisis.

"They treat us like dogs, even worse than dogs. They don't care if we live or die," one patient described her experience at an immigration detention center in the United States. Sadly, this patient's story is not an isolated incident. As physicians evaluating and caring for detained immigrants, we are deeply disturbed. Detention centers across the U.S. have poor conditions and blatant abuses.