Immigrant Children Describe Hunger, Cold in US Detention

Wet and muddy from their trek across the Mexican border, immigrant children say they waited on the cold, concrete floor of the immigration holding centers where they were taken. It was hard to sleep with lights shining all night and guards kicking their feet, they say. They were hungry, after being given what they say were frozen sandwiches and smelly food. Younger children cried in caged areas where they were crammed in with teens, and they clamored for their parents. Toilets were...

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