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Immigrant Children Raped, Punched, Kicked in Border Patrol Custody: ComplaintIn cases documented from March to May, 80 percent of the children said they didn’t get enough food or water.By R. Stickney and Matt Rascon NBC 7 San Diego Jun. 15, 2014 |
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 A coalition of advocacy groups is demanding immediate action to end what they say is mistreatment of unaccompanied minor immigrants at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents. Children say they have been punched, kicked and raped while in custody, in a complaint with more than 100 allegations. Others say they were fed only frozen sandwiches, forced to drink toilet tank water or forced to use toilets in front of other detainees. In a complaint filed Wednesday, one in four children reported some form of physical abuse, ranging from sexual assault to beatings to the use of stress positions. Five victims' advocacy groups jointly filed the complaint with the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of 116 unaccompanied immigrant children, aged five to 17 years old. There were multiple claims of sexual or racially-charged insults and strip searches. A third of the children reported that money and personal belongings were confiscated and not returned. Read More |
