Kevin, 10, helps reform U.S. immigration
Via The Star
A settlement between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the American Civil Liberties Union, Washington contained a provision requiring the improvement of conditions for children held by ICE.
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"All 10-year-old Kevin Yourdkhani remembers about the T. Don Hutto immigration detention centre in Texas is that it's "a very bad place for children and babies...As part of the settlement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it would allow detained children to move freely at the facility, provide a full-time paediatrician, end the "count system," install privacy curtains around toilets and offer outings, toys, books and child-appropriate food to minors."
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A settlement between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the American Civil Liberties Union, Washington contained a provision requiring the improvement of conditions for children held by ICE.
Excerpt:
"All 10-year-old Kevin Yourdkhani remembers about the T. Don Hutto immigration detention centre in Texas is that it's "a very bad place for children and babies...As part of the settlement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it would allow detained children to move freely at the facility, provide a full-time paediatrician, end the "count system," install privacy curtains around toilets and offer outings, toys, books and child-appropriate food to minors."
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