Immigrant detainee who alleged abuse to receive therapy

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 7:07 pm, Tuesday, March 13, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge agreed to outside mental-health treatment for a Salvadoran woman seeking asylum who said a guard groped her inside the immigration detention facility where she's been held for months, an advocate told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman agreed to an order Tuesday that would force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release Laura Monterrosa-Flores on a weekly basis to receive treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, according to Antonio Marcano, a spokesman for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has sued on Monterrosa-Flores' behalf.

Monterrosa-Flores is being detained at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center outside Austin. According to her lawsuit, Monterrosa-Flores attempted suicide in January.

While the AP doesn't usually identify alleged victims of sexual assault, Monterrosa-Flores has agreed to come forward publicly. She told the AP in December that she believed ICE and the facility guards were trying to intimidate her.

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https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Immigrant-detainee-who-alleged-abuse-to-receive-12750937.php

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