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1/ The @NYTimes & @ElPasoTimes take us inside the migrant detention center in Clint, Texas — where outbreaks of scabies, shingles and chickenpox were spreading among the hundreds of children who were being held in cramped cells. nyti.ms/32bXewW
2/ “The stench of the children’s dirty clothing was so strong it spread to the agents’ own clothing — people in town would scrunch their noses when they left work.” nyti.ms/32bXewW
3/ “The children cried constantly. One girl seemed likely enough to try to kill herself that the agents made her sleep on a cot in front of them, so they could watch her as they were processing new arrivals.” nyti.ms/32bXewW
4/ Border Patrol leaders have disputed descriptions of degrading conditions inside Clint and other migrant detention sites around El Paso, claiming that their facilities were rigorously and humanely managed. nyti.ms/32bXewW
5/5 But a review of the operations shows that the agency’s leadership knew for months that some children had no beds to sleep on, no way to clean themselves and sometimes went hungry.
Read more in the @NYTimes. nyti.ms/32bXewW
Read more in the @NYTimes. nyti.ms/32bXewW
