ACLU says migrants forced to sleep in dirt, wake up every three hours

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

Migrants at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry are being held in "caged dirt filled outdoor areas" and forced to wake up every three hours, a complaint filed Saturday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) alleges.

The complaint, sent to the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general and civil rights office by the ACLU Border Rights Center and the ACLU of Texas, calls for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to cease holding immigrant families in what it called outdoor caged areas and for an investigation into their treatment at the Paso del Norte port of entry.

"The detention of migrants for multiple nights in outdoor detention pens is an unprecedented and extreme violation," the complaint said. "The agency’s decision to detain migrants, including children, in caged dirt filled outdoor areas is an escalation of this administration’s cruelty."

The ACLU also alleged that Border Patrol agents force families to wake up every three hours and stand for "prolonged periods," resulting in sleep depravation.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/latino/436881-aclu-says-migrants-forced-to-sleep-in-dirt-wake-up-every-three-hours

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That's sleep "deprivation," but I'm not going to wait till The Hill catches that typo, if ever, to post this.

Link to ACLU complaint:

https://www.aclutx.org/sites/default/files/pdn_border_patrol_abuse_oig_complaint.pdf

[Blues Heron]

1. Theres a freudian slip by "the Hill" - this definitely is "depraved"

These Nazis are really emboldened now.

[barbtries]

2. torture.

crimes against humanity.

[rainin]

3. How else to you justify an "emergency"? trump is trying to incite violence to justify

his emergency. Cutting of aid to "mexican" countries creates more refugees. More refugees ratchets up the "crisis" on the border.

trump REALLY wants his wall. We need to know why. Who is he paying off with this wall funding?

[gademocrat7]

4. Despicable evil bastards.

[patphil]

5. Use of sleep deprivation is depraved

This is one more criminal act being committed by the Trump administration.

[hedda_foil]

6. Border Patrol agents force families to wake up every three hours and stand for "prolonged periods,"

Taking another cue from the Nazis who forced concentration camp prisoners to stand in line for prolonged periods. The next step is to shoot anyone who slumps from exhaustion.