Attorneys call for Trump administration to be held in contempt over border conditions

[babylonsister]

Attorneys call for Trump administration to be held in contempt over border conditions
By Rebecca Klar - 06/27/19 08:53 AM EDT


Attorneys on Wednesday asked a federal judge to hold the Trump administration in contempt and take immediate action to remedy unsafe conditions they say threaten the wellbeing of migrant children held at border facilities, according to court filings shared by CNN.

The attorneys said that conditions at U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facilities in the El Paso, Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley region in Texas, pose "an imminent threat to the health and welfare of class member children detained for days and weeks."

"The children, including infants and expectant mothers, are dirty, cold, hungry and sleep-deprived," the filing reads.

The filing says that the facilities deny basic hygiene to the children, which has caused the flu to spread.

The lawsuit is based around lawyers claiming the Trump administration policies are breaking the 1997 Flores agreement which limits the amount of time the U.S. can detain migrant children.

"With each passing day, more hospitalizations are occurring and more lives are at risk. Immediate judicial intervention is necessary to compel immediate compliance with the [Flores] Agreement, end this health and welfare crisis, and prevent more illness and child deaths t the border," the filing reads.

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[rampartc]

1. a problem with these privatized prisons

is that the prison inc is only required to provide what the contract says. the contract obviously needs a renegotiation or a change order but i can't swear trump appointees knows how to do that.

[babylonsister]

2. We shouldn't have privitized prisons. Money/profit

needs to be taken out of the equation.

[rampartc]

3. i 100% agree

the privatized prisons should be replaced by government facilities as soon as possible.

a sworn corrections officer has some legal authority and responsibility, a hired guard is responsible only to his boss.

note : i am not saying that our state and federal prisons do not need massive reform and a change of philosophy, towards rehabilitation, only that the profit motive needs to be removed as soon as possible.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Shouldn't have them, agreed

but, we need to deal with them now on this issue.

[Maraya1969]

6. ++++++++++++1,000

[bdamomma]

4. we are dealing with

a vile regime, how much money is being pocketed to tRump using these children as pawns. tRump/Miller need to be both arrested as criminals in Crimes against Humanity.