Thursday, June 27, 2019

ABA President Carlson Condemns Child Detention Centers

The American Bar Association (ABA) has joined a growing list of organizations condemning  conditions at detention centers holding immigrant children, calling them violation of law and "common decency."

"The American Bar Association is appalled by credible reports of hundreds of children being held in unsafe and unhealthy conditions in violation of federal and state law, court settlements and common decency," ABA president Bob Carlson said in a statement issued two days ago. Carlson said that the conditions directly violate the law that requires children be released to Health and Human Services within 72 hours.

https://thehill.com/latino/450308-american-bar-association-condemns-conditions-at-migrant-child-detention-centers-as-a?fbclid=IwAR1OCS7m9WEIMiUHTRn9a9cz1L6MDh1_Te6MwWgHFNfg5iY_4R5z-uJc1zI