USA First National Survey of Children in Immigration Detention Exposes Mistreatment, Lengthy Detentions, Legal Barriers

Wednesday, June 18 at 12:00 pm

Amnesty International Warns Lack of Funding Will Severely Curtail Changes

(Washington, DC) – Children who flee their home countries and arrive unaccompanied in the United States are often denied access to attorneys, detained for prolonged periods, jailed alongside children with criminal convictions, and subjected to frequent shackling and strip-searches -- with little hope for change unless Congress passes pending legislation and allocates more funds to reform an ailing system, Amnesty International (AI) charged today in its new report, “Why Am I Here?’ Children in Immigration Detention.”

Three documents all in Word:

(1) First National Survey of Children in Immigration Detention Exposes Mistreatment, Lengthy Detentions, Legal Barriers

(2) “Why am I here?” Children in Immigration Detention

(3) Executive Summary

Source for this page:    Amnesty International

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