November 27, 2018
By Caroline Burke
According to a federal watchdog report (click here), staff at a Texas kids' detention center were allowed to skip FBI background checks by way of an allowance made by the Trump administration. The camp, which holds thousands of migrant children in Tornillo, Texas, was not conducting standard FBI background checks for its employees as of September. Bustle has reached out to the Administration for Children and Families for comment.
A Health and Human Services inspector general memo was released on Tuesday in response to the report. The memo read in part, "Tornillo is using checks conducted by a private contractor that has access to less comprehensive data, thereby heightening the risk that an individual with a criminal history could have direct access to children."...
This is how American tax dollars are being spent. The USA federal government has always employed, "Catch and Release" for immigrants coming across the border seeking asylum. This death was completely avoidable. If the toddler was left with the mother/parents it would not have occurred. The detention facilities need to be closed and the children provided homes.
By Faith Karmini and Jamal Lynch
A mother whose toddler died (click here) weeks after they were released from a Texas immigrant detention center has filed a wrongful death claim seeking $60 million from the US government.
Yazmin Juarez's 19-month-old daughter, Mariee, died in May, six weeks after they were released from the immigration facility in Dilley.
Juarez and her attorney allege that ICE and those running the facility provided substandard medical care for the toddler after she suffered a respiratory infection while in detention....
By Gary Nguyen
The Tornillo camp (click here) located in the remote region of the West Texas desert witnessed about 200 protesters led by rabbis and a number of other faith leaders . The aim of the protesters was to send a clear signal to the Trump administration that ordinary Americans are not happy with how their government treats migrant children. The protesters, including Muslims, Christians, and Jews, shared reflections and sang songs outside the camp. The United States Government has made the border outpost a veritable tent city. The facilities now house unaccompanied minor children. The protests were organized by Rabbi Josh Whinston, an Ann Arbor, Michigan resident and Reform Jewish leader....
