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Detained migrants describe being deprived of food, water and sleep in lawsuit
The Hill ^ | 07/19/18 | Jacqueline Thomsen

Posted on 07/19/2018 7:43:19 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Immigrant parents and children alleged in interviews filed in federal court this week that they faced mistreatment while being held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities, saying they were often deprived of food, water and sleep.

In the interviews, which included some redactions and were filed as part of a lawsuit against the government's detention of minors, the immigrants described not being allowed to shower for days and being given rotten food and dirty drinking water.

One woman described as Lidia, 22, said during her interview that she and her 4-year-old son “went hungry the entire time” they were detained in McAllen, Texas.

“The only food we were given were sandwiches that were frozen and not able to be eaten,” the El-Salvador citizen said.

Sergio, 17, said that he and his father were separated after they arrived at the border from their home country of Guatemala. He said his father is now facing deportation.

“I do not want to be here anymore, especially since I know how much my father is suffering. The way I have been treated makes me feel like I don’t matter, like I am trash,” Sergio said.

A 10-year-old girl from Honduras, Dixiana, said through a translator that she was given a frozen ham sandwich but that “the ham was black," adding that she “took one bite but did not eat the rest."

Mayra, 29, said during her interview that her 9-year-old son is “badly traumatized” after being held in a detention center. She said her son began wetting the bed and that she wasn’t allowed to feed her 2-year-old daughter formula.

“He saw someone bound with chains and asked me whether I would be chained in the same way…He wonders when we will get to the United States. I do not tell him that we are already here. He wouldn’t believe that the United States would treat us this way,” Mayra said in the interview.

The statements were taken during June and July of this year. Attorneys for the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, which represents the immigrants in the case, allege that the interviews prove the government is violating the Flores settlement.

The settlement, established in 1997, blocks the federal government from detaining immigrant children for more than 20 days and dictates the treatment of the children.

CPB spokesperson Daniel Hetlage told BuzzFeed News that the agency doesn’t comment on pending litigation.

“However, lack of comment should not be construed as agreement or stipulation with any of the allegations. CBP takes all allegations seriously, and investigates all formal complaints,” he said.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belongsintrash; commiepropaganda; fakenews; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; lies; propaganda; stayhome; theshill
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One woman described as Lidia, 22, said during her interview that she and her 4-year-old son “went hungry the entire time” they were detained in McAllen, Texas.

“The only food we were given were sandwiches that were frozen and not able to be eaten,” the El-Salvador citizen said.

Which is it? Were they not given any food the entire time or were they given sandwiches?

1 posted on 07/19/2018 7:43:19 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

The frozen sandwiches might have been Uncrustables (a type of PB&J sandwich).


2 posted on 07/19/2018 7:48:16 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: yesthatjallen
Whatever. Britneys' going back to sleep


3 posted on 07/19/2018 7:49:59 PM PDT by BBell (Antifa are like house cats. One squirt from a squirt bottle and they scatter.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Did the Leftist Lawyers couch them to complain like sniveling Leftists?


4 posted on 07/19/2018 7:50:51 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and persue it steadily." -GW)
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To: yesthatjallen

The easiest way to avoid any of this is for these illegal leeches to quit trying to break into the country.


5 posted on 07/19/2018 7:53:57 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: yesthatjallen
Propaganda.

Deport them all.

6 posted on 07/19/2018 7:54:04 PM PDT by donna (Rosenstein's press conference the moment Trump meets Queen-proof of overthrow plot.)
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To: yesthatjallen
All of them, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, have been coached and told what to say, once they got here!

THIS IS ALL BOVINE EXCREMENT!

7 posted on 07/19/2018 7:54:19 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Wait a few minutes and the sandwiches will thaw.


8 posted on 07/19/2018 7:54:36 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

Yes, they were all coached re what to say, every step of the way!


9 posted on 07/19/2018 7:55:12 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: yesthatjallen

I guess that in retrospect, I’m surprised these lawsuits took as long as they did, particularly considering how predictable they were.


10 posted on 07/19/2018 7:56:07 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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I’ve been on migrant ops. Feeding is kept at basic dietary needs and very bland. Otherwise they get sick.

With Haitians it was white rice and green peas. At first we put chicken in the mix and it upset their digestive systems. A Haitian doctor intervened and told up it was much to rich. So it was kept bland.


11 posted on 07/19/2018 7:57:49 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Freee-dame
In McAllen TX in July? Yeah, they'll thaw pretty quick. ☀️🌡🔥
12 posted on 07/19/2018 7:58:14 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: nopardons
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

Shysters

These lawyers were waiting at the border to coach them on claiming they were persecuted in their homeland.

13 posted on 07/19/2018 7:58:39 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

The problem is that they are deprived of Mexico.


14 posted on 07/19/2018 7:58:57 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: Freee-dame

Yep!


15 posted on 07/19/2018 7:59:31 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: yesthatjallen

Guess what ?
Absent invading our country, you’d not have been mistreated .. and that’s assuming that any of this is true, which I seriously doubt.

(hint for prospective wetbacks: frozen stuff thaws, and rather quickly in the Southwest .. a little patience and voila! Lunch!)


16 posted on 07/19/2018 7:59:33 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: NurdlyPeon

It took them awhile to find a narrative they could work with.


17 posted on 07/19/2018 8:00:04 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

I want illegal aliens to be treated humanely. I want them humanely and quickly escorted back across the border.


18 posted on 07/19/2018 8:00:43 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.a)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

So they were being held in Northern Alaska and unable to defrost the sandwiches?

Liars all!!!!

These people make me sick.

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19 posted on 07/19/2018 8:01:26 PM PDT by Mears
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To: yesthatjallen

Yes, they were, but there were also people in Mexico who coached them as well; not to mention the damned coyotes!


20 posted on 07/19/2018 8:01:40 PM PDT by nopardons
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