Conditions at detention centers

Several articles this week highlighting poor conditions at immigrant detention centers.

Lawyer: Inside an immigrant detention center in South Texas, "basic hygiene just doesn't exist"

The attorney said running water is so bad that mothers save any bottled water they can to mix baby formula. The stories she heard from people in the shelter echo tales at other facilities, where people say conditions are substandard.

The Texas Tribune

Migrants describe overcrowded Mexican detention centers as Trump ratchets up pressure

Mexico's immigration centers are becoming increasingly squalid and overcrowded as authorities step up the detention of migrants headed for the United States, with inmates languishing for weeks amid medical neglect, according to detainees, lawyers and rights groups.

U.S.

A firsthand report of 'inhumane conditions' at a migrant children's detention facility

The Associated Press details grave conditions inside a Texas migrant detention facility where 250 infants, children and teenagers were being held without adequate food, water or sanitation during a recent visit. Warren Binford, a law professor at Willamette University, joins William Brangham to share her firsthand account, what Border Patrol agents think and what's next…

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