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"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."
"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"
"A Border Patrol agent came in our room with a 2-year-od boy and asked us, 'Who wants to take care of this little boy?' Another girl said she would take care of him, but she lost interest after a few hours and so I started taking care of him yesterday," one of the girls said.
"Law professor Warren Binford, who is helping interview the children, said she couldn't learn anything about the toddler, not even where he's from or who his family is."
"She said an 8-year-old taking care of a very small 4-year-old with matted hair couldn't convince the little one to take a shower."
"'In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention, I've never heard of this level of inhumanity,' said Holly Cooper, who co-directs University of California, Davis' Immigration Law Clinic and represent detained youth."
"The lawyers negotiated access to the facility with officials, and say Border Patrol knew the dates of their visit three weeks in advance.
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Make no mistake, Americans living during this time will be remembered for their brutality, their cruelty, and for their failure to stop what is happening at the border.
"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"
"A Border Patrol agent came in our room with a 2-year-od boy and asked us, 'Who wants to take care of this little boy?' Another girl said she would take care of him, but she lost interest after a few hours and so I started taking care of him yesterday," one of the girls said.
"Law professor Warren Binford, who is helping interview the children, said she couldn't learn anything about the toddler, not even where he's from or who his family is."
"She said an 8-year-old taking care of a very small 4-year-old with matted hair couldn't convince the little one to take a shower."
"'In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention, I've never heard of this level of inhumanity,' said Holly Cooper, who co-directs University of California, Davis' Immigration Law Clinic and represent detained youth."
"The lawyers negotiated access to the facility with officials, and say Border Patrol knew the dates of their visit three weeks in advance.
The thread continues:
Pulled from this article:
https://www.apnews.com/46da2dbe04f54adbb875cfbc06bbc615
Make no mistake, Americans living during this time will be remembered for their brutality, their cruelty, and for their failure to stop what is happening at the border.