Child migrants could soon lose access to recreational activities and English lessons, while conditions at adult detention facilities were found to pose immediate risks to immigrant health and safety. These damning reports came the same week the US announced that the border patrol arrested an unprecedented number of families at the border in May. A Health department official emailed shelters last week explaining the funding for those programs was “unallowable”, according to an email obtained by the Washington Post. And three of the facilities were found to be violating homeland security department standards by inappropriately using handcuffs and strip searches without documenting a justification for doing so. Donald Trump has not directly addressed the problems uncovered in US detention facilities.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2019 04:52 UTC