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Los Angeles' immigration detention facilities a "ticking time bomb," immigration lawyer says

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Lawyer: Food shortages, cramped confinement, freezing temperatures and environments that are a "ticking-time bomb" Lawyers in L.A. tell CBS News , they've been receiving more and more calls about medical needs that aren't being addressed at the Metropolitan Detention Center .

ICE detention levels reached over 140% capacity, since Congress last allocated 41,500 detainee beds for the agency.

The family was transferred out of the downtown facility to a nearby hotel and placed in a room with other families overnight .

"I begged them for hours to let me call a lawyer, but they refused to let us use a phone," Cardenas said.

Members of Congress attempted to visit the Metropolitan Detention Center earlier this month .

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