New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
- Adults and children at Texas detention centers struggle for access to clean water, with reports of adults pushing children out of the way to get water.
- Faisal Al-Juburi stated that conditions in detention facilities highlight the need for enforceable standards.
- Families report distressing experiences, including a mother describing her child's altered behavior after witnessing armed agents.
- Witness accounts describe a child with swollen feet who was denied a medical exam, highlighting poor conditions in the facilities.
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New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
A new court filing in an ongoing legal dispute with the federal government reveals the psychological and physical trauma endured by children and families held at Texas family detention centers.
Reports of 'Adults Fighting Kids For Clean Water' in Texas Detention Centre
A disturbing humanitarian crisis is unfolding inside US immigration detention centres, where children are reportedly denied medical care and forced to fight over drinking water. Recent court filings reveal 90 harrowing testimonies from families held in detention, exposing widespread neglect and igniting debate over the Trump administration's immigration policies.The revelations have renewed scrutiny of the Flores Settlement Agreement—a 1997 cour…


McALLEN, Texas — Adults fighting with children to get clean water, discouraged young children and a child with swollen feet who was denied a medical examination: these first-hand accounts from immigrant families in detention centers, included in a motion filed Friday night by defense agencies, offer a glimpse of the conditions in Texas facilities. Families shared their testimonies with immigrant advocates who filed a lawsuit to prevent President…
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