Where are the beds? Questions surround Trump's plan to hold families in detention


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  • Friday, 22 Jun 2018

(Reuters) - One child stopped eating and fell into a depression. Another who could previously walk on his own now asks his mother to carry him everywhere. A third child started biting other children.

These are the experiences of children who have spent just three weeks at a temporary family immigration detention at the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas, attorneys and volunteers who work at the centre told Reuters.

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