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American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health Marsha Griffin “called the period of infancy and toddlerhood ‘probably the most harmful time of their lives to have them in detention.’
'Our immigration system is breaking children,’ she said.”
Intentional sleep deprivation is a form of torture
"Other parents, whose babies drank formula, have stated in court documents that the facility did not provide enough bottled water to hydrate powdered formula... Tap water at the facility, families said, smelled foul and made children sick."
NEW from @ms.now + @themarshallproject.org: ICE has detained *over 500 babies and toddlers* during Trump's second term. www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
America 2026.
“DHS officers have killed Americans Renee Good and Alex Pretti and Mexican national Silverio Villegas González, and have wounded numerous other people during Trump’s second term.”
So what did Congressional Republicans do? Give unreformed mass deportation agencies billions more in taxpayer dollars.
“More than 50 ppl have died in DHS custody since Trump returned to office, w/experts asserting that many of the deaths were preventable. Detained immigrants have reported beatings and sexual abuse, medical neglect, hunger and inedible food, and denial of access to attorneys, and other mistreatment.”
"Parents also described difficulties getting children to sleep. The lights in the Dilley facility were kept on all night, and toys that can help kids sleep were prohibited in living areas."
The nation's largest ICE detention facility failed to provide proper medical care, tuberculosis screenings, and sanitary conditions for detainees.
Three detainees have died at Camp East Montana in the last 6 months.
“Evidence in one of those deaths, of a 55-year-old Cuban migrant who died in January after being held down by guards, was ‘missing or destroyed,’ the report found.” apnews.com/article/ice-...
On an average day, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody, according to joint research by MS NOW and The Marshall Project.
“Instead of investing in you and ensuring you can afford your healthcare, groceries, or rent—they chose to hand $70 BILLION to agencies operating without any guardrails while terrorizing and brutalizing our communities.” www.commondreams.org/news/house-r...
NEW from @ms.now + @themarshallproject.org: ICE has detained *over 500 babies and toddlers* during Trump's second term. www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
"Parents also described difficulties getting children to sleep. The lights in the Dilley facility were kept on all night, and toys that can help kids sleep were prohibited in living areas."
“More than 50 ppl have died in DHS custody since Trump returned to office, w/experts asserting that many of the deaths were preventable. Detained immigrants have reported beatings and sexual abuse, medical neglect, hunger and inedible food, and denial of access to attorneys, and other mistreatment.”
A new report alleges that mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas produced unsafe conditions that contributed to detainees’ deaths and suffering even as millio...
“Congressional Republicans gifting ICE with billions of extra dollars of funding while Americans are struggling to make ends meet is an outrage," said one critic of the Trump-backed move.
