Under the Flores Agreement, reached several years ago, the federal government has agreed (among other things) to house detained migrant children in “safe and sanitary” conditions. Last week, the current Administration argued to the 9th Circuit that they were complying with this while keeping children in conditions without soap, toothpaste, clean clothes, beds or wholesome food. Instead, the children are crowded together, sleeping on concrete floors with mylar blankets, for weeks at a time. You can read about the conditions, and the lawsuit, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html
The rest of this week, OWLS will be highlighting the detention of children, and what you can do to help.
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