Migrant kids in overcrowded Arizona border station allege sex assault, retaliation from U.S. agents
Migrant children held in Yuma, Arizona, report sex assault and retaliation for protests in addition to unsanitary conditions and overcrowding.
By Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley
Migrant children held in Yuma, Arizona, report sex assault and retaliation for protests in addition to unsanitary conditions and overcrowding.
By Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley
"A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy held in Yuma, Arizona, said he and others in his cell complained about the taste of the water and food they were given. The Customs and Border Protection agents took the mats out of their cell in retaliation, forcing them to sleep on hard concrete."
"A 15-year-old girl from Honduras described a large, bearded officer putting his hands inside her bra, pulling down her underwear and groping her as part of what was meant to be a routine pat down in front of other immigrants and officers."
"A 17-year-old boy from Honduras said officers would scold detained children when they would get close to a window, and would sometimes call them "puto," an offensive term in Spanish, while they were giving orders."
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The horror story concerning the foul treatment of those innocent children continues. The madness on the part of those detaining them is execrable and outrageous! The word "puto", as described, can be translated into something like "whore" in English, someone who is no good. How dare they call children that. How dare they. And the girl who was touched inappropriately is something officials need to hear about and take action on. Testimonies must be given about those horrible and detestable things happening to those innocent children. Would anyone like for their own precious children to be treated and handled that way by those men?