Southern Poverty Law Center: More Families Seek Damages for Harm Suffered Due to Trump Administration's Family Separations
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 25 -- Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news:
After seeking asylum from Guatemala at a port of entry in 2017, M.C.L. and his 7-year-old son spent two days in various cells where the temperature was kept extremely cold, with only a thin blanket and a single mattress to share.
The father and son held each other tightly and cried themselves to sleep at night. Eventually, officers with chains and handcuffs entered their cell. The fat . . .
After seeking asylum from Guatemala at a port of entry in 2017, M.C.L. and his 7-year-old son spent two days in various cells where the temperature was kept extremely cold, with only a thin blanket and a single mattress to share.
The father and son held each other tightly and cried themselves to sleep at night. Eventually, officers with chains and handcuffs entered their cell. The fat . . .