US EditionDetained immigrant children still face concerning conditions at Texas facility, lawyers say
Court filings show 265 children detained over 50 days and 55 over 100 days at Texas center, often without adequate food or medical care, attorneys said.
- On Friday, court documents filed said nearly 600 immigrant children were held at the Dilley, Texas, facility, often lacking food, medical care, or mental health services.
- The court-ordered supervision from the 1990s underpins the dispute, with the Flores consent decree stemming from a 1985 lawsuit and leading to standards in 1997, while the administration seeks to end it.
- Attorneys and monitors reported worms in food, poor medical and legal access, a 13-year-old girl’s suicide attempt after withheld prescribed antidepressants, and site visits noting virus outbreaks and lockdowns.
- Last week, DHS did not respond to questions about the data, while about 85 children remained detained at Dilley, according to the National Center for Youth Law.
- A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement report showed about 595 immigrant children were held beyond the 20-day limit, with approximately 265 detained over 50 days and 55 over 100 days, while DHS said Dilley is retrofitted for families.
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Court filings: Immigrant children still face harsh conditions at Texas facility
Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care or mental health services, as their time inside stretched beyond court-mandated limits, according to court documents filed Friday. Read more...
Immigration facility has held hundreds of kids
Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care or mental health services, with dozens languishing inside far beyond court-mandated limits, according to court documents filed Friday.
Nearly 600 migrant children have been kept in a family detention centre in Texas in recent months, without adequate food, medical care or psychological support, and dozens of them have remained far beyond the limits set by the court, according to court documents filed on Friday.
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Detained immigrant children still face concerning conditions at Texas facility, lawyers say
Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care or mental health services, with dozens languishing inside for more than three months, beyond court-mandated limits, according to court documents filed Friday.
In the midst of a growing controversy over immigration policy in the United States, new court documents reveal that hundreds of immigrant children have been detained in worrying conditions within a family detention center in Texas. According to reports cited by Associated Press, minors have faced prolonged stays, inadequate care, and episodes of health and emotional crisis, which sparked alarms among human rights defenders. YOU CAN SEE: ALARM NE…
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Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care or mental health services, as their time inside stretched beyond court-mandated limits, according to court documents filed Friday. Children and families held in the Dilley detention facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were sent earlier this year also faced virus outbreaks and lasting lockdowns in De…
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