Lawsuit alleges migrant child prescribed antidepressants in US shelter after being separated from fa

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY MAX GREENWOOD - 06/29/18 02:05 PM EDT

A lawsuit filed on Friday alleges that a migrant child who was detained and separated from his family after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is being prescribed anti-depressants while the government delays his release.

The 12-year-old boy at the center of the lawsuit, reported on Friday by The Washington Post, reportedly showed signs of depression after "being kept from his family," federal contractors wrote in his file, which was obtained by the Post.

The boy reportedly has an adult sister in Los Angeles, but the government has declined to release him into her custody, according to the lawsuit, saying that her home may not be suitable and that the boy is not "psychologically sound" for release from the Texas psychiatric facility where he is currently being held.

The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California, estimates that hundreds of migrant children are still being held amid government medical and family member assessments, despite a federal judge's order to quickly reunite them with their families.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394853-lawsuit-migrant-child-prescribed-antidepressants-in-shelter

[sakabatou]

1. WTF?!

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[arithia]

3. they basically found a loophole for indefinate child detention

traumatize them, then use the results of that trauma as an excuse to hold them. Medication in 12 year olds without any kind of therapy isn't treatment- it's drugging the child into a more compliant state.

[niyad]

4. I am only surprised it has taken this long to be made public. of course they are drugging

these poor children. have to keep them quiet and compliant.

[KT2000]

5. getting off of these drugs

can be difficult if they keep them on depressants for any length of time. What the hell is going on.

[FQ2]

6. America is now a...

Chemocracy.