A surge in asylum-seekers meets a U.S. crackdown
December 28, 2019, 10:47 AM EST
“Cuantos dias estaban aqui? 40 days."
The reports from inside American immigrant detention centers were appalling.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) HOPE FRYE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROJECT LIFELINE, SAYING:
"The children we saw were filthy, wearing the same wet and muddy clothes in which they traveled. Many were covered in mucus and vomit. Babies had soiled diapers. The children smelled foul."
The first accounts came from human rights activists. Then came warnings of “dangerous overcrowding†from the government’s own investigators.
https://news.yahoo.com/surge-asylum-seekers-meets-u-152702165.html Fixed the url - PeteS in CA
