My girlfriend has been detained by ICE, and is being strip searched in detention...
Posting this on her behalf as a bit of a rant.
Yes, she was in the USA illegally (we are both from Argentina, I'm a permanent resident). She was detained 3 weeks ago. Initially she seemed to be okay but yesterday she called me completely broken down, telling me that they repeatedly strip searched her under the guise of a medical examination (fully nude, as I understand there was a gyno exam as well). When she pleaded with them, the staff told her that due to increased number of detainees, there's an increased number of suicide attempts and critical illnesses, and since they (the detention center) are responsible for such cases and there is a huge scrutiny, they are super-vigilant and have to do such examinations (although the first google search shows that they are not allowed to strip search without probable cause). When she was detained, I was ready to either outcome, and am ready to go back to Argentina, and then probably somewhere else with her, but was not ready for these sorts of things...