Editor's Note: On the afternoon of Monday, July 22, the AIA issued a statement denouncing conditions at detention centers. Read the full statement.
Beginning in late June, a series of news reports detailed once again the horrendous conditions in certain migrant-detention centers along the southern border. Immigration lawyers, doctors, Congressional representatives, journalists, and the Department of Homeland Security’s own Office of Inspector General described what they saw or heard inside some of these facilities: deplorable overcrowding; lack of good nutrition and sometimes even clean drinking water; poor access to basic sanitation and medical care. While the government seeks to enforce new rules for asylum seekers, the state of these centers remains a testament to an intense humanitarian crisis.
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