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Lawyers say the government is breaking the law by detaining migrant children in Homestead for longer than 20 days: miaminewtimes.com/news/lawyers-s…
Included in court records are testimonials from children about what it's like to live in Homestead. They say they don't understand why they aren't being released to family/sponsors. One boy has an uncle right here in Miami: 
They are always monitored, and they fear being deported or sent to jail if they try to escape:
Because of the no-touching rule, they cannot hug their friends or be comforted:
They said some children were cutting themselves:
Some children "cry a lot":
From a doctor who interviewed children at Tornillo:
The doctor says the U.S. is "participating in child abuse and neglect":
