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Pedro Camacho

Immigrant Children at Texas Detention Facility Forced to Buy Bottled Water, Attorneys Say

ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley (Credit: Creative Commons)

Attorneys representing immigrant families say children at a Texas detention facility are being forced to buy bottled water because the tap supply is persistently cloudy, smells strange, and causes stomach problems.

The allegations were filed as part of ongoing litigation over the government's attempt to end the Flores Settlement Agreement, which requires safe and sanitary conditions for children in federal custody.

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