Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility
Source: AP News
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they've been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago. Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there's inadequate food, water and sanitation for the 250 infants, children and teens at the Border Patrol station.
The bleak portrait emerged Thursday after a legal team interviewed 60 children at the facility near El Paso that has become the latest place where attorneys say young migrants are describing neglect and mistreatment at the hands of the U.S. government.
Data obtained by The Associated Press showed that on Wednesday there were three infants in the station, all with their teen mothers, along with a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds and a 3-year-old. There are dozens more under 12. Fifteen have the flu, and 10 more are quarantined.
Three girls told attorneys they were trying to take care of the 2-year-old boy, who had wet his pants and no diaper and was wearing a mucus-smeared shirt when the legal team encountered him.
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There are tiny children here who are so shocked to be without their parents that they aren't speaking. This will scar them for the rest of their lives.
Horrendous conditions were noted even though the Border Patrol had 3 weeks notice that the inspection would be taking place.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH SMALL CHILDREN ARE STILL BEING TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS.
The shame is on all of us.
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