Border detention facilities: Lack of soap, filthy onesies and too few beds have created a ‘health crisis, monitors say
CNNCNN — A team of doctors, lawyers and advocates are warning of what they say are major health and hygiene problems at several US Customs and Border Protection facilities in Texas. “US Customs and Border Protection leverages our limited resources to provide the best care possible to those in our custody, especially children,” the statement said. “As DHS and CBP leadership have noted numerous times, our short-term holding facilities were not designed to hold vulnerable populations and we urgently need additional humanitarian funding to manage this crisis.” In the statement, CBP said it works with the Department of Health and Human Services to move unaccompanied children to their custody as soon as possible. Thursday, in response to the allegations, a CBP official with intimate knowledge of the stations in El Paso told CNN “it’s all about perspective.” Conditions have improved at the facilities, the official said. Older kids are taking care of the babies.” • Shortage of beds - “The kids said they were being held in rooms with windows toward the interior, but no windows to look out,” Long said.
History of this topic
US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says
Associated Press
Border Patrol officials complained of ‘overuse of hospitalization’ as 8-year-old died
LA Times
Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
Associated Press
Immigrant Children Packed Into Texas Border Patrol Tent For Days
Huff Post
Children packed into Border Patrol tent for days on end
Associated Press
Opinion: When border officials brought in a detained child with flu, our hospital faced a dilemma
LA Times
Court upholds ruling that children held at border must have adequate food, bedding, sanitation
LA Times
Trump administration agrees to independent investigation of health conditions for children at border facilities
CNN
Column: Cruelty to migrant children shouldn’t be a partisan issue
LA Times
Migrant Children Report Verbal Abuse, Threats While In Border Patrol Custody
Huff Post
Doctors describe black box of medical care in detention facilities: ‘That is not medical care. That’s malpractice’
CNN
In Their Own Words, Migrant Children Describe Horrific Conditions At Border Patrol Facilities
Huff Post
Cold, cramped, filthy: Migrants describe border centers
Associated Press
Lawyers Want Inspections Of Migrant Kid Centers
Huff Post
A look inside the controversial Clint, Texas, facility where migrant children have been detained
CNNMigrant children in short-term US border facility removed due to poor conditions
ABC
‘Crowding diseases’ threaten migrant children held in US border protection facilities, expert says
CNN
We went to a border detention center for children. What we saw was awful (opinion)
CNN
Opinion: The 'Filthy And Uncomfortable Circumstances' Of Detained Migrant Children
NPR
Lawyers: 250 children held in bad conditions at Texas border
Associated Press
'Thank God We're OK.' Migrants Tell Of Conditions In A Texas Holding Facility
NPRDiscover Related
