Children Should Never Be Detained
A seven-year-old Guatemalan child died last week in U.S. custody, just hours after immigration authorities detained her and her father as they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Border Patrol agents said the girl had not had food or water for days. Held overnight in a small Border Patrol station, the girl went into seizures at dawn and died of extreme dehydration.
No child should be detained, and there is NO excuse for a child to die of dehydration while in U.S custody. Physicians for Human Rights believes that the hardline policies of the Trump administration are putting the lives of asylum seekers like this little girl at risk every day.
Take action NOW! Tweet House and Senate leadership that children should never be detained.