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averagejoel
06/21/19 10:44:44 PM
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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 theyve 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 theres 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 had 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-old 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 in an interview with attorneys.

Law professor Warren Binford, who is helping interview the children, said she couldnt learn anything about the toddler, not even where hes from or who his family is. He is not speaking.

Binford described that during interviews with children in a conference room at the facility, little kids are so tired they have been falling asleep on chairs and at the conference table.

She said an 8-year-old taking care of a very small 4-year-old with matted hair couldnt convince the little one to take a shower.

In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention, I have never heard of this level of inhumanity, said Holly Cooper, who co-directs University of California, Davis Immigration Law Clinic and represents detained youth.

The lawyers inspected the facilities because they are involved in the Flores settlement, a Clinton-era legal agreement that governs detention conditions for migrant children and families. The lawyers negotiated access to the facility with officials, and say Border Patrol knew the dates of their visit three weeks in advance.

Many children interviewed had arrived alone at the U.S.-Mexico border, but some had been separated from their parents or other adult caregivers including aunts and uncles, the attorneys said.

Government rules call for the children to be held by the Border Patrol for no longer than 72 hours before they are transferred to the custody of Health and Human Services, which houses migrant youth in facilities around the country.

Government facilities are overcrowded and five immigrant children have died since late last year after being detained by Customs and Border Protection. A teenage mother with a premature baby was found last week in a Texas Border Patrol processing center after being held for nine days by the government.

In an interview this week with the AP, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders acknowledged that children need better medical care and a place to recover from their illnesses. He urged Congress to pass a $4.6 billion emergency funding package includes nearly $3 billion to care for unaccompanied migrant children.

He said that the Border Patrol is holding 15,000 people, and the agency considers 4,000 to be at capacity.


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Goats
06/21/19 10:45:46 PM
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We all kind of know what's happening but no one is doing anything to stop it wth
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Bloodychess
06/21/19 10:46:27 PM
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Who built this concentration camp?
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averagejoel
06/21/19 10:47:50 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
Who built this concentration camp?

I don't particularly care who built it. the fact is that it's being used as a concentration camp for children right now.
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thronedfire2
06/21/19 10:53:57 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
Who built this concentration camp?


ICE
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ledbowman
06/22/19 12:44:58 AM
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Four toddlers were so severely ill and neglected at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, that lawyers forced the government to hospitalize them last week.

The children, all under age 3 with teenage mothers or guardians, were feverish, coughing, vomiting and had diarrhea, immigration attorneys told HuffPost on Friday. Some of the toddlers and infants were refusing to eat or drink. One 2-year-olds eyes were rolled back in her head, and she was completely unresponsive and limp, according to Toby Gialluca, a Florida-based attorney.

She described seeing terror in the childrens eyes.

Its just a cold, fearful look that you should never see in a child of that age, Gialluca said. You look at them and you think, What have you seen?

Another mother at the same facility had a premature baby, who was listless and wrapped in a dirty towel, as HuffPost previously reported.

The lawyers feared that if they had not shown up at the facility, the sick kids would have received zero medical attention and potentially died. The Trump administration has come under fire for its treatment and its alleged neglect of migrants who have been crossing the southern border in record numbers. The result is overcrowded facilities, slow medical care and in some instances, deaths.

Immigration authorities say theyre overwhelmed; activists say theyre not trying hard enough.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5d0d3bbce4b07ae90d9cfe4f/amp
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_Rinku_
06/22/19 12:47:23 AM
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You have to be a complete monster to think this is okay or "just punishment."
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hockeybub89
06/22/19 12:48:39 AM
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Hanky_Bannister
06/22/19 12:48:44 AM
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Furher trump
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Guide
06/22/19 12:48:51 AM
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I hope my enlistment gives me some clearance at these places, or something. I'm getting kinda fucked up from just reading this shit every day and not being able to do anything.
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LightningAce11
06/22/19 12:53:49 AM
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The lines between America and Nazi Germany have always been blurry.
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Guide
06/22/19 12:54:45 AM
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LightningAce11 posted...
The lines between America and Nazi Germany have always been blurry.


I liked us better when we were shooting nazis.
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CADE FOSTER
06/22/19 12:55:52 AM
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ledbowman
06/22/19 1:24:14 AM
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This is just the stuff we know.
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RickyTheBAWSE
06/22/19 1:35:27 AM
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Goats posted...
We all kind of know what's happening but no one is doing anything to stop it wth


this.

there are people who get more upset at the mere mentioning of this over the actual reality itself.

to reconcile the reality they've enabled with the "good person image" they believe applies to them, they'll victim blame. concentration camps, prisons, whatever. people try to make themselves feel better about systematic dehumanization.
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fred12935
06/22/19 11:11:53 AM
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Deport them all problem solved
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Antifar
06/22/19 11:15:08 AM
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ledbowman
06/22/19 5:02:58 PM
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LATEST: Children, including infants, are being held in a filthy border station. Their clothes are soiled with mucus, feces and breast milk. No soap. No toothbrushes. Not enough food. Even the guards are wearing masks. https://t.co/q3R0ZMHpLP

https://twitter.com/itscaitlinhd/status/1142179738976509953?s=19
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ledbowman
06/22/19 5:04:20 PM
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Pizzagate tho
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tennisdude818
06/22/19 6:32:34 PM
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There are way too many people there. Its being overwhelmed with migrants. We need to be more efficient about sending them back home.

I dont blame them for trying to leave crappy countries. If youre upset by this, you can help!

https://www.compassion.com/donate/donate-to-children-in-central-america-caribbean.htm
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Vegy
06/22/19 6:33:27 PM
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Will_Vill
06/22/19 6:35:00 PM
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Trump supporters will defend this
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ledbowman
06/22/19 8:55:45 PM
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ledbowman
06/22/19 8:58:57 PM
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"Quit trying to make us feel teary-eyed for the children. Yes, I love children a great deal, but to me, it's up to the parents to do things rightfully and legally"

What some Trump supporters think of family separations at the border: https://t.co/xWTCHQsfFJ https://t.co/AB9iptDL0S

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1009390464523554817?s=19
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hockeybub89
06/22/19 9:07:42 PM
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ledbowman posted...
"Quit trying to make us feel teary-eyed for the children. Yes, I love children a great deal, but to me, it's up to the parents to do things rightfully and legally"

What some Trump supporters think of family separations at the border: https://t.co/xWTCHQsfFJ https://t.co/AB9iptDL0S

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1009390464523554817?s=19

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ledbowman
06/22/19 9:18:21 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
ledbowman posted...
"Quit trying to make us feel teary-eyed for the children. Yes, I love children a great deal, but to me, it's up to the parents to do things rightfully and legally"

What some Trump supporters think of family separations at the border: https://t.co/xWTCHQsfFJ https://t.co/AB9iptDL0S

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1009390464523554817?s=19

Spicy ass takes

"I support enforcing the law except the ones Trump broke."
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Taharqa_
06/22/19 9:20:31 PM
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Will_Vill posted...
Trump supporters will defend this


And those who do are pieces of shit.
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bkkorps
06/22/19 9:29:21 PM
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man, movie sequels are getting so off the wall. why cant we just stick to the chainsaws like the first one?
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MFstarboy
06/22/19 9:30:14 PM
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Will_Vill posted...
Trump supporters will defend this


They will probably get off to this
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Marmitecashews
06/23/19 1:17:33 PM
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EX-HOSTAGE SUGGESTS TRUMP TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS WORSE THAN HIS CAPTORS: 'SOMALI PIRATES GAVE ME TOOTHPASTE AND SOAP'

https://www.newsweek.com/ex-hostage-trump-somali-pirates-toothpaste-soap-1445409
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Caution998
06/23/19 1:19:54 PM
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Goats posted...
We all kind of know what's happening but no one is doing anything to stop it wth


Trump is. This crap has been going on for thirty years and none of our Presidents have had the guts to do anything about it. Trump's plan is simple: If they can't illegally sneak in to begin with, this won't be happening. Stop this at the source. By keeping huge gaps of land at the border with no security and no wall, these illegal immigrants are tempted to come in and bring their families along with them. If we didn't make it so EASY to cross the border we wouldn't be in this mess.

But filling in the gaps and building a wall is "racist". It's better than having the kids being treated like this. I think one could argue that it's more racist to NOT put up the wall and fill in the gaps. Unfortunately, we still have to maintain law and order, and thus, our border security agents must do their jobs. If people are crossing illegally, we cannot simply turn the other way. That's violating a law.

Let's stop this at the source. Fill in the gaps. Stop making it so easy for people to run across border lines. This isn't a complicated concept.
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Zikten
06/23/19 1:20:07 PM
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they need to stop separating kids. it's bullshit. just deport the family then and there at the border. and send them home
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RickyTheBAWSE
06/23/19 1:20:54 PM
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sounds like Donald Trump built a "Shithole Country" amusement park here in America.

Donald: "Camp Snoopy, eat your heart out."
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VTBM
06/23/19 1:22:01 PM
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RickyTheBAWSE
06/23/19 1:23:56 PM
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VTBM posted...
"concentration camp"


the only gift shop to where you leave with less than what you came with.
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Ruvan22
06/23/19 6:34:34 PM
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Caution998 posted...
Goats posted...
We all kind of know what's happening but no one is doing anything to stop it wth


Trump is. This crap has been going on for thirty years and none of our Presidents have had the guts to do anything about it. Trump's plan is simple: If they can't illegally sneak in to begin with, this won't be happening. Stop this at the source. By keeping huge gaps of land at the border with no security and no wall, these illegal immigrants are tempted to come in and bring their families along with them. If we didn't make it so EASY to cross the border we wouldn't be in this mess.

But filling in the gaps and building a wall is "racist". It's better than having the kids being treated like this. I think one could argue that it's more racist to NOT put up the wall and fill in the gaps. Unfortunately, we still have to maintain law and order, and thus, our border security agents must do their jobs. If people are crossing illegally, we cannot simply turn the other way. That's violating a law.

Let's stop this at the source. Fill in the gaps. Stop making it so easy for people to run across border lines. This isn't a complicated concept.


So even if he gets credit in trying to build the wall - why increase the mandatory separation? That's like putting a bandaid on a wound.. and then setting fire to the rest of the limb. In the long run, it doesn't make the situation better.
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hockeybub89
06/23/19 6:38:06 PM
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Ruvan22 posted...
Caution998 posted...
Goats posted...
We all kind of know what's happening but no one is doing anything to stop it wth


Trump is. This crap has been going on for thirty years and none of our Presidents have had the guts to do anything about it. Trump's plan is simple: If they can't illegally sneak in to begin with, this won't be happening. Stop this at the source. By keeping huge gaps of land at the border with no security and no wall, these illegal immigrants are tempted to come in and bring their families along with them. If we didn't make it so EASY to cross the border we wouldn't be in this mess.

But filling in the gaps and building a wall is "racist". It's better than having the kids being treated like this. I think one could argue that it's more racist to NOT put up the wall and fill in the gaps. Unfortunately, we still have to maintain law and order, and thus, our border security agents must do their jobs. If people are crossing illegally, we cannot simply turn the other way. That's violating a law.

Let's stop this at the source. Fill in the gaps. Stop making it so easy for people to run across border lines. This isn't a complicated concept.


So even if he gets credit in trying to build the wall - why increase the mandatory separation? That's like putting a bandaid on a wound.. and then setting fire to the rest of the limb. In the long run, it doesn't make the situation better.

Don't interact with Caution.
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averagejoel
06/24/19 12:37:29 AM
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VTBM posted...
"concentration camp"

yes. it is a concentration camp
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KillerKhan420
06/24/19 12:43:14 AM
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It's not a concentration camp. These families bringing them up here put them through the hardships and then when they get here they're our responsibility? You don't even know what happens to them coming here, especially the teenage girls and now you wanna virtue signal?
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-Unowninator-
06/24/19 12:43:36 AM
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Why can't anyone free them? Seriously, what's stopping people? I don't get it.
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averagejoel
06/24/19 1:13:54 PM
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Malnourished Toddler Relieved to Hear He's Not Technically in a Concentration Camp

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/06/malnourished-toddler-relieved-to-hear-hes-not-technically-in-a-concentration-camp/
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Antifar
06/24/19 1:16:48 PM
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Paper_Okami
06/24/19 1:24:35 PM
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this world is so cruel and depressing
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Questionmarktarius
06/24/19 2:57:28 PM
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Democrats have refused to fund any improvements, in an obvious Cloward-Piven strategy.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/18/top-democrats-aim-to-block-funds-for-detention-bed/
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SixStringHero
06/24/19 3:41:03 PM
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Certain politicians were calling the border issue a manufactured crisis and are now only realizing that there is in fact a crisis and now they are having to slowly start admitting to it.

4.5 Billion was requested in funding with the majority of the funds being relegated towards humanitarian aid yet democrats have refused to fund it.
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averagejoel
06/24/19 3:57:22 PM
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SixStringHero posted...
Certain politicians were calling the border issue a manufactured crisis and are now only realizing that there is in fact a crisis and now they are having to slowly start admitting to it.

4.5 Billion was requested in funding with the majority of the funds being relegated towards humanitarian aid yet democrats have refused to fund it.

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