Amy Goodman
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Migrant Children Detained in Shelters Being Drugged, Told Not to Hug, Forced to Bathe in Sinks
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July 20, 2018
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10:23Now PlayingThe Trump administration has less than a week to meet a courtordered deadline to reunite children and parents separated at the U.S.Mexico border under its “zero tolerance” policy. This comes as advocates say some migrant children have been released from federally contracted shelters with scabies and lice. In Illinois, officials are investigating the Chicago nonprofit Heartland Alliance over allegations it housed children separated from their parents at the border, with many of the children reportedly suffering abuse and neglect. We speak with Reveal reporter Aura Bogado, who has exposed a second office used by military contractor MVM to hold migrant children. This time, the children had to bathe in bathroom sinks.
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