Update on this story @VICENews:
I’m told 3 of the 4 kids who described being heavily medicated while in US government custody have been moved out of the Houston hospital where they were held. Attorneys are actively working to get the last one out.
vice.com/en/article/93w…
I’m told 3 of the 4 kids who described being heavily medicated while in US government custody have been moved out of the Houston hospital where they were held. Attorneys are actively working to get the last one out.
vice.com/en/article/93w…
Here's how these kids — who arrived at the border alone, seeking safety in the US — described this hospital.
This is a 16-year-old who says he was forcibly injected five times and placed in physical restraints.
Full court docs here: embed.documentcloud.org/documents/2042…
This is a 16-year-old who says he was forcibly injected five times and placed in physical restraints.
Full court docs here: embed.documentcloud.org/documents/2042…
This 15-year-old girl said she preferred the freezing-cold Border Patrol “hielera” holding cell where she was first detained after crossing the border.
Attorney describes a 15-year-old who was on so many drugs he could barely talk or maintain eye contact. The boy said he'd been asking for "voluntary departure" — to be sent back to his native country — for seven months.
It's not just this one hospital in Texas. Conditions are super grim for children who are detained at the border.
This is an 8-year-old boy describing a Border Patrol cell in Weslaco, Texas last month.
This is an 8-year-old boy describing a Border Patrol cell in Weslaco, Texas last month.
The Trump admin flouts rules that require kids to be transferred out of Border Patrol custody within 72 hours. The stays are supposed to be "safe and short."
Detention times for children got longer over the last 4 years.
themarshallproject.org/2020/10/30/500… via @AnnaFlagg @MarshallProj
Detention times for children got longer over the last 4 years.
themarshallproject.org/2020/10/30/500… via @AnnaFlagg @MarshallProj
For awhile the Trump admin stopped taking kids who arrived at the border alone, claiming it was a public health risk.
Per @Haleaziz, DHS carried out deportations of children 13,000+ times from March to November.
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Per @Haleaziz, DHS carried out deportations of children 13,000+ times from March to November.
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
The rules on "unaccompanied minors" — kids who arrive at the border alone —are part of the Flores settlement.
The Justice Department has been fighting Flores in court, but federal judge keeps ordering them to comply.
The Justice Department has been fighting Flores in court, but federal judge keeps ordering them to comply.
The issue of immigrant kids in jail-like "secure" facilities and "residential treatment centers" has spawned a separate lawsuit from Flores. I write about one teen's kafkaesque nightmare with this system in 2018:
vice.com/en/article/9k8…
vice.com/en/article/9k8…
Allegations of forced injections of immigrant youth in US custody go back to 2018, first reported by @aurabogado @SFMattSmith @reveal:
“Two staff grabbed me, and the doctor gave me the injection despite my objection and left me there on the bed.”
revealnews.org/blog/immigrant…
“Two staff grabbed me, and the doctor gave me the injection despite my objection and left me there on the bed.”
revealnews.org/blog/immigrant…
“Even if ORR wanted to, they couldn't go online and tell you, ‘This many kids have been forcibly injected over the last six months.’ They just don't have the data; I find it horrifying. It's just a black box.”
vice.com/en/article/93w…
vice.com/en/article/93w…
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