The Trump administration agrees to let an independent pediatrician investigate health conditions for migrant kids at US border facilities
The pediatrician, Dr. Paul Wise, toured detention centers at the border last summer and was critical of the conditions there, according to a Stanford publication.In that interview, Wise described how migrant children are kept in a"kind of cage-like" processing center."From there, they get moved to a different processing center, which is kind of cage-like, and labeled the 'perrera,' the dog pound," he said in the September 17, 2018 article.
See children's drawings of Border Patrol facilities 01:20Under the agreement, arranged as part of a lawsuit against the government in federal court, Wise will be able to conduct inspection of CBP facilities and assess children in the agency's care. US District Judge Dolly Gee authorized Wise's appointment on Monday, according to court documents.
Migrant mom: I watched my baby girl die slowly 03:11Since September, four children have died in or just after being released from CBP custody.In the lawsuit, migrants and their advocates described"deplorable" and unsanitary conditions where babies were sick, flu was spreading and children didn't have access to essential and prompt medical care.A spokesperson for US Customs and Border Protection said the agency could not comment on ongoing litigation.
She said a Border Patrol guard brought the little boy a lollipop as an incentive to go back to his cell. Mukherjee said she"pleaded" with a Border Patrol lawyer to give the child appropriate care.She said the next day that lawyer informed her that the boy would be released and reunited with his brother.
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