They Made Kids Afraid of America

They made kids afraid of America

Not so long ago, if there had been a report issued by Dick Durbin the senior senator from Illinois as a ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee detailing the abuse of women and children by a private prison contractor working for ICE — the likes of that which was just released — it would have shocked the conscience of the nation and dominated television news coverage.

ICE Guards Taunt Starving Kids

Guards at a Texas migrant family detention center ate candy and pizza in front of hungry children as a form of mockery, according to a Senate Democrat report released this week. Story Snapshot Senator Richard Durbin released a report on conditions at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. Parents and children described...

Senate Report Describes ‘Top-Down Culture of Cruelty’ in ICE Detention

A new report from Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) details shocking allegations about the conditions inside an ICE detention facility in Texas. The report, which was published on Friday, was based on interviews Senate staff conducted with “approximately 20 family units and approximately 40 women detained in the adult detention unit” at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, it said. In a statement released along wit…

ICE detention center staff taunted kids by eating candy in front of them: Democrat investigation

ICE's main detention center where it holds families awaiting deportation is beset by a "culture of cruelty," according to a report by a senior Senate Democrat who said migrants were made to wait for medical care, provided undrinkable water and faced taunts from guards.