ICE Has Released 12 of 16 Babies Held in Detention

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have released 12 out of 16 babies who were being held at a rural Texas detention center, after complaints by advocates over dirty water, limited baby food, and a lack of medical care at the facility. “Every mother I spoke to said that her child was sick in some way,” advocate Katy Murdza told CBS News. The fate of the remaining four infants is unclear. Advocates say many infants lost weight after arriving at the detention center and that medical provisions were inadequate. ICE officials have said detainees are offered “comprehensive medical care,” including “registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.”

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[riversedge]

1. cruel Trump spreading the fear to #asylumseekers!

[George II]

2. Where are the other four?

[lagomorph777]

4. They refused to confess; they are still being waterboarded.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Don't release the four babies to Democrats!

According to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Democrats kill babies.

I didn't even know we had established the death panels.

I'm not sure which scientist gave Sarah her information, but it's probably that rocket scientist Rush Limbaugh.

[raging moderate]

3. Maternal breastfeeding increases infant health and survival.

This has been proven. And it is only part of the benefits of the mother-baby bond. ICE officials should be ashamed of themselves.
They'd better pray hard that not one of these babies dies. I have a little doll given to my great-grandmother for her efforts to help get those horrible boarding schools to stop kidnapping Native American children. It is a Native American mother with her baby bound firmly to her. It is staring at me, and it is like my great-grandmother staring at me, demanding that I do something. What can we do? We must do something.

[raging moderate]

5. ICE: RELEASE THE OTHER BABIES! NOW!

We need to do something. We need to do a lot of something.

[SunSeeker]

7. Breastfeeding imparts immunity. My son never had an ear infection while breastfeeding.

As soon as he stopped breastfeeding, the ear infections started, and colds.

So now ICE made these babies sick and traumatized, yet has no pediatric care for these babies. How is this not criminal child abuse?

[Dave Starsky]

8. What the actual fuck?!! Are we supposed to keep pretending...

That this is anywhere near normal? Why are ANY of these children being taken away from their mothers in the first place? Have we completely lost our minds?

[DrToast]

9. This is scary

Now those babies are free to cause more problems!