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1/ Immigrant children have been forcibly injected with powerful psychiatric drugs at one of the U.S. gov't shelters, Shiloh Treatment Center outside of Houston, according to court documents and interviews.

revealnews.org/blog/immigrant…

2/ Children report being held down and injected.

The lawsuit alleges that children were told they would not be released or see their parents unless they took medication and that they only were receiving vitamins.

documentcloud.org/documents/4525…

3/ Parents and the children themselves told attorneys the drugs rendered them unable to walk, afraid of people and wanting to sleep constantly, according to affidavits filed April 23 in U.S. District Court in California.

4/ A child described trying to open a window and being hurled against a door by a Shiloh supervisor, who then choked her until she fainted.

5/ “The supervisor told me I was going to get a medication injection to calm me down,” the girl said. “Two staff grabbed me, and the doctor gave me the injection despite my objection and left me there on the bed.”

6/ Another child recounted being made to take pills in the morning, at noon and night.

The child said “the staff told me that some of the pills are vitamins because they think I need to gain weight. The vitamins changed about two times, and each time I feel different.”

7/ We asked expert forensic psychiatrist Mark. J. Mills to assess the 420 pages of children’s medical records.

He was alarmed. "That's like the old Soviet Union used to do."

See his full comments:

8/ One child was prescribed 10 different shots and pills:

* Antipsychotic drugs Latuda, Geodon and Olanzapine.

* Parkinson’s medication Benztropin.

* Seizure medications Clonazepam and Divalproex.

* Antidepressant Duloxetine.

* Cognition enhancer Guanfacine.

9/ We’re staying on this story.

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