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Check out this press conference in TX and #calltoaction

We need to call on elected officials and demand that the government sanctioned abuse and neglect of migrant children is ended.

#amplifythechildren

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@childrightsprof reads a heartbreaking testimony of children who are kept in a crowded room, with exposed toilets & no privacy, where they don't get access to showers, where they sleep on cement floors, & only leave the room 2 times in the duration of their detention.

@childrightsprof There is no question that this is abuse and severe neglect.

We all have an obligation to pressure lawmakers to
➡️ investigated the abuse and neglect
➡️ take these children into protective custody
➡️ provided safe homes -children don't belong in jail like facilities

@childrightsprof Anne Chandler @tahirihjustice describes cond. before Flores was expanded to family residential centers

At Karnes & Dilley she observed:
6 year old who wanted to resume breastfeeding
12 year old who stopped speaking for 5.5 months
2 children that jumped off the roof

@childrightsprof @tahirihjustice The govt. wants to remove protections and oversight. We need to #protectFlores

We need oversight, protections, and alternatives to detention. These children need us to raise their voices and ask for protections.

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