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At migrant detention center, no toothbrushes or showers
Kids are taking care of babies who don’t have diapers and are covered in mucus. There are no showers or toothbrushes. Children are sleeping on cement floors.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenKids are taking care of babies who don’t have diapers and are covered in mucus. There are no showers or toothbrushes. Children are sleeping on cement floors. These are some of the appalling conditions lawyers witnessed at a migrant detention center in Texas.
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4 storiesMigrant detention center: No toothbrushes or showers, kids sleeping on cement floors
Kids are taking care of babies who don’t have diapers and are covered in mucus. There are no showers or toothbrushes. Children are sleeping on cement floors.
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