Jun 25, 2019
"I can't imagine my own child being there and not being broken," said Dr. Dolly Lucio Sevier.
"The attorneys visiting the facilities are representing all detained immigrant children in a class-action lawsuit to force the federal government to follow the requirements of the 1997 Flores settlement, which outlines legal requirements for the treatment and release of children. A Department of Justice attorney argued before stunned judges earlier this month at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that the government should not be required to provide the children with soap, toothbrushes — or even beds."
