“The way I have been treated makes me feel like I don’t matter, like I am trash.”
Migrant children recount the trauma of alleged mistreatment in detention facilities and shelters nbcnews.to/2Orap6d (1/6)
Migrant children recount the trauma of alleged mistreatment in detention facilities and shelters nbcnews.to/2Orap6d (1/6)
Interviews and court filings have revealed a range of mistreatment: inedible food, brutally cold temperatures with no blankets for the children, kids uninformed of their rights, bullying, guards who kick feet to wake them up and verbal abuse nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (2/6)
Dixiana, 10, said there were so many girls at her facility that they had to sleep sitting up on the concrete floor.
“For breakfast, they gave me a frozen ham sandwich. The ham was black. I took one bite, but did not eat the rest,” she said nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (3/6)
“For breakfast, they gave me a frozen ham sandwich. The ham was black. I took one bite, but did not eat the rest,” she said nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (3/6)
Peter Schey of the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law said some centers were increasing doses of psychotropic drugs given to children without parental consent and that kids were being sent to higher security facilities without a hearing nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (4/6)
On Friday, a federal judge in California said she would order an independent monitor to assess the conditions for children at detention centers and border processing centers nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (5/6)
But many are still unsure of what’s next.
“When I left, and my dad wasn’t with me, they told me not to worry,” Sergio, 16, said. “I went in the car and felt very relieved and happy that he would follow. ... I haven’t seen him since then” nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (6/6)
“When I left, and my dad wasn’t with me, they told me not to worry,” Sergio, 16, said. “I went in the car and felt very relieved and happy that he would follow. ... I haven’t seen him since then” nbcnews.to/2LZDTGL (6/6)
