Teen Taken at U.S. Border Tells of 'Icebox' Cages With 60 Girls

[babylonsister]

What the hell are we doing to these poor people?


Teen Taken at U.S. Border Tells of ‘Icebox’ Cages With 60 Girls
By Erik Larson
July 3, 2018, 12:21 PM EDT Updated on July 3, 2018, 2:56 PM EDT


A 15-year-old girl who was forcibly separated from her mother after fleeing to the U.S. from El Salvador described to a Washington State investigator how she was crammed into a windowless room with 60 other girls and deprived of proper sleep or food for three days.

The room was divided by wire fencing into three cages, with each one holding 20 separated girls -- some as young as 3 years old, according to an affidavit filed late Monday in federal court in Seattle. The girls, who weren’t told when they’d see their parents again, called it the "icebox."

"The place was freezing because they kept the air conditioner on all the time, and each child was given a mat and an aluminum blanket," the investigator for Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson wrote. "The girls placed their mats in the floor very close to one another, since there was not enough space."

The affidavit is part of a lawsuit by 17 states and the District of Columbia that seeks to block the child-separation policy on constitutional grounds. The states on Monday asked the court to order the government to begin quickly turning over evidence.

"The states have repeatedly demanded basic information about their well-being, but were answered with silence," according to the filing.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-03/teen-taken-at-u-s-border-tells-of-icebox-cages-with-60-girls

[lapfog_1]

1. getting them prepped for their future as sex slaves.

That's my guess.

[democrank]

2. Disgusting

"When they go low...." you can count on them to go lower.

[Initech]

4. They've gone lower past the lowest point on earth.

[Initech]

3. Committing war crimes and human rights violations.

And then those don't matter to Trump because he's pulling the US out of the UN Human Rights committee!

[trueblue2007]

11. You said ... TRUMP has committed war crimes & human rights violations against the immigrant kids.

*** I SAY :: TRUMP has committed war crimes & human rights violations against ALL these immigrants who have come to USA in fear for their lives. He is a MONSTER..... a Hitler wannabe.

[Initech]

18. Agreed!

And I'm sure there's more going on that we don't know about - especially given Shitler's contempt and hatred for the formerly free press.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. when the Nazis did this

they were considered crimes against humanity. How is it that the same is not said now ?

This sickens me.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. When history writes of tRump, his 2018 Child Abductions horrors will be at the top at #2.

#1 will be the theft of the election by collusion with the Russians.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Trumpy is going to push and push the boundaries

until he is made to stop. This is not going to be civil or be stopped with stern words.

[Cosmocat]

10. Yep

And he will not comply with the court order either.

[Volaris]

12. Should I hope that that decision on his part,

Would lead to a constitutional amendment placing the US Marshals Service DIRECTLY under the Judicial branch, rather than having them operate as an arm of the Executive?
Cause right now, the courts and Congress both can issue all the rulings they want, trump can ignore the shit out of them, and like Jackson before him, nobody can do shit. And he knows it.

[BlueSea]

13. "...until he is made to stop"

I agree with your post, but we all know that no one, not one single person, is going to stop him.

[orangecrush]

20. Truth

[Scurrilous]

8. K&R

[BadgerMom]

9. This whole nightmare needs to end, but

this “icebox” crap is particularly heinous. My god, it’s been an awful few weeks/months/years.

[Crunchy Frog]

14. They need to open these facilities up for public inspection immediately

And there needs to be prosecutions where appropriate.

A Republican congressman was just refused entry to one of these facilities, and told that they would need two weeks notice before allowing him access.

The Red Cross has been refused access.

The most likely reason for this level of secrecy is that the conditions are so heinously bad that they would be recognized as crimes against humanity if they were known.

[byronius]

15. Stephen Miller Shock And Awe in full swing.

And the end of Civility between the White Nationalists who support this and Real Americans who do not.

They'll pay for all of this in the end.

[oasis]

16. More horror stories will continue to surface, but Trump will stand pat. nt

[GETPLANING]

17. They will be excusing it as "enhanced incarceration" next

and asking everyone what the big deal is

[orangecrush]

19. BASTARDS

Make them pay in November!!!