New details regarding the preventable death of an 8-year-old girl in CBP custody last week show that the child’s mother repeatedly asked agents to take her daughter to the hospital, but her pleas were ignored. Anadith had a history of heart problems and sickle cell anemia.🧵👇🏾 She was experiencing trouble breathing, difficulty walking, and pain in her bones after being held in custody for NINE days. Despite her mother’s repeated attempts to get medical attention for her daughter, the little girl was left to suffer and eventually die in their custody.

Unacceptable. President Biden just announced that he is planning to use Title 42 to expel many Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian migrants to Mexico, while simultaneously allowing a much smaller number of people to enter the United States by air on humanitarian grounds.👇🏾 We cannot say this enough; Asylum is a legal and human right. Cherry-picking people from specific countries undermines the rule of law that guarantees people, regardless of country, race, ethnicity or language, the right to seek protection through a fundamentally fair proceeding.

For two years, the Remain in Mexico policy, aka the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), has trapped 70,000+ people, including tens of thousands of children, in dangerous conditions. Here are the stories of some of the many children harmed by this policy. theyoungcenter.org/mpp-harms-chil… After surviving rape and courageously raising her voice, Ana sought safety at our border only to be denied a fair chance to tell her story and get deported to the same threats she had fled, under the Remain in Mexico policy. CW: Rape and violence. #EndMPP theyoungcenter.org/children-harme…

Last week a coalition of organizations including the Young Center filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in opposition to the Trump administration’s so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) focusing on its harm to children. theyoungcenter.org/media-press-re… Thanks to @supportKIND, @MilbankLaw, @AngryTiasRGV, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, @ChildDefender, @First_Focus, @SCActionNetwork, and @SavetheChildren for partnering with us to defend children. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/1…

This is important but in order for families to seek protection at our border together, we must also make it possible for all the families who have been subjected to the Remain in Mexico policy to safely enter the country and pursue legal relief now. nbcnews.com/politics/immig… Since January 2019, the Trump administration’s Remain in Mexico policy has trapped 70,000+ people, including tens of thousands of children, for months in dangerous conditions in Mexico while they await hearings on their #asylum claims in the United States. theyoungcenter.org/stories/2019/1…