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US border agent sexually assaulted teen sisters in Texas, ACLU says
US Customs and Border Protection officer allegedly took sisters into ‘closet-like room’, told them to remove their clothes and sexually assaulted them
Sam Levin in San Francisco
@SamTLevin
Wednesday 22 March 2017 15.38 EDT
Two teenage sisters fleeing violence in Guatemala were sexually assaulted by a US Customs and Border Protection officer in Texas after crossing the Mexican border, according to claims filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The sisters, aged 17 and 19 at the time of the incident in July 2016, were in a field office in Presidio when an agent took them into a “closet-like room” one at a time, told them to remove their clothes and sexually assaulted them, the ACLU reported on Wednesday.
“We had fled Guatemala for fear, and then this happened to us,” the older sister, now 20, said in a phone call with reporters. In tears, she added: “The purpose and reason why we’re sharing our story today is to prevent this from happening to any women and to ask the agents to have sympathy.”
The complaint comes at a time when Donald Trump has pledged to add 5,000 more border agents to the force to support his anti-immigration agenda.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/22/us-border-agent-sexually-assaults-teenage-sisters-texas
LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141735539