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'We Are All So Sad To Be Held In A Place Like This': More Details Of Migrant Kids' Lives In Detention Facilities Emerge In Lawsuit

Doctors, lawyers and other advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they say is inhumane treatment for young immigrants in U.S. custody.

At night, the teenage girl from Honduras wraps a thin foil blanket around herself and her infant son as they lie on a floor mat in the cold. The lights are blaring and sleepless children are crying. It’s so crowded inside the caged area that there isn’t space for her baby boy to crawl. This is the 17-year-old’s account, one of dozens filed in federal court this week by advocates for children locked away in the immigration system. (Attanasio, Taxin and Calvan, 6/27)

The descriptions contained in sworn declarations as part of a legal case stand in stark contrast to what was seen when federal officials opened the doors of a Border Patrol facility outside El Paso on Wednesday. At the station in Clint, Texas, journalists, including a reporter from NPR, surveyed an orderly and clean facility in which pantries were stocked with snacks like microwavable burritos and soup and storage rooms were full of basic supplies like toothbrushes, soap and clothes. (Rose and Allyn, 6/27)

In other news —

The Fresno Housing Authority’s board of commissioners voted to approve a letter strongly opposing a controversial federal proposal that could displace hundreds of children and families from public housing in Fresno. The board’s vote Tuesday was unanimous, said Preston Prince, executive director and chief executive officer for the Fresno Housing Authority. (Amaro, 6/27)

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