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Judge Orders Border Patrol to Improve Detention Conditions
Source: Associated Press
Judge Orders Border Patrol to Improve Detention Conditions
By ASTRID GALVAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Nov 18, 2016, 9:52 PM ET
A federal judge in Tucson, Arizona, has ordered the Border Patrol to improve conditions at its holding facilities in most of the state, saying the agency was not following its own standards by keeping migrants in crowded, cold cells without proper bedding.
Judge David Bury issued the temporary order Friday requiring the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector to provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants held for longer than 12 hours and to allow them to wash or clean themselves.
Bury said plaintiffs presented persuasive evidence that basic human needs of migrants were not being met.
The case was brought last year by the ACLU, the Morrison and Foerster law firm, and other immigrant rights organizations on behalf of migrants who say the Border Patrol's holding facilities in Arizona are unsanitary, extremely cold and inhumane. Migrants regularly call holding cells "hieleras," the Spanish word for "freezer."
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By ASTRID GALVAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Nov 18, 2016, 9:52 PM ET
A federal judge in Tucson, Arizona, has ordered the Border Patrol to improve conditions at its holding facilities in most of the state, saying the agency was not following its own standards by keeping migrants in crowded, cold cells without proper bedding.
Judge David Bury issued the temporary order Friday requiring the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector to provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants held for longer than 12 hours and to allow them to wash or clean themselves.
Bury said plaintiffs presented persuasive evidence that basic human needs of migrants were not being met.
The case was brought last year by the ACLU, the Morrison and Foerster law firm, and other immigrant rights organizations on behalf of migrants who say the Border Patrol's holding facilities in Arizona are unsanitary, extremely cold and inhumane. Migrants regularly call holding cells "hieleras," the Spanish word for "freezer."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-orders-border-patrol-improve-detention-conditions-43646606