US: Lawsuit accuses U.S. government of holding migrant children in ‘deplorable’ conditions
Los Angeles Times – June 26, 2019
A team of attorneys asked a U.S. District Court in California to issue a temporary restraining order against the federal government Wednesday afternoon, arguing that children in several immigration detention facilities in Texas are being held in “deplorable” conditions in violation of an earlier court settlement.
Also: Doctors, lawyers portray dire conditions for child migrants: https://www.krmg.com/news/doctors-lawyers-portray-dire-conditions-for-child-migrants/Aan392OHYTY50o5NqoARcI/
Also: US had open beds as migrant kids languished at Texas station: https://www.journal-news.com/news/national/had-open-beds-migrant-kids-languished-texas-station/yL3ZFMua0zYCJohqMOL6aM/
Also: Inhumane treatment of immigrant children violates ‘law, court settlements and common decency,’ ABA says : http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-calls-for-end-of-inhumane-and-illegal-treatment-of-immigrant-children-president-says
Also: Shuffling Kids Between Border Facilities Won’t Solve The Immigration Crisis: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shuffling-children-border-facilities-immigration_n_5d12a216e4b04f059e4b4575
Also: Whose Deaths Aren’t We Seeing?: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/26/photo-migrant-father-daughter-rio-grande-227240