Article 4HTJZ "Somebody Is Going to Die": Lawyer Describes Chaos, Illness & Danger at Migrant Child Jail in Texas

"Somebody Is Going to Die": Lawyer Describes Chaos, Illness & Danger at Migrant Child Jail in Texas

by
mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
from Democracy Now! on (#4HTJZ)
SEG1-Detained-Migrant-Children-1.jpg

Outrage is mounting over a shocking Associated Press report published late last week revealing that at least 250 migrant infants, children and teenagers have been locked up for nearly a month without adequate food, water or sanitation at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, near the city of El Paso. Lawyers who visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable to shower or change into clean clothes for weeks on end. The AP report came the same week that the Trump administration argued in federal court that the government is not required to provide toothbrushes, soap or beds to children detained at the border, and as other reports found similarly squalid conditions at a number of immigration jails. We speak with Warren Binford, a lawyer who interviewed children detained at the Clint, Texas, facility.

External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location https://www.democracynow.org/democracynow.rss
Feed Title Democracy Now!
Feed Link http://www.democracynow.org/
Reply 0 comments