Detaining Immigrant Children
Amnesty International has released a new report focusing on what happens to children who enter the U.S. without parents.
Illegal immigrant children who are detained after entering the United States without parents often are imprisoned with young convicts, denied access to lawyers and at times strip-searched or placed in solitary confinement for minor infractions, according to a new report by an advocacy organization.
"I would describe the situation as Dickensian," said William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA. "It's truly incredible that in the 21st century in the United States we would allow children who themselves have been victims of crimes to be treated this way."
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