A four-year-old girl was barred from entering a New Jersey detention centre to visit her father, with security guards citing her leggings as 'provocative'. The incident, recounted by her mother, Gabriela Soto, is the latest in a series of denials of entry at Delaney Hall, a facility currently under intense legal and public scrutiny.
Soto's husband has been held at the Delaney Hall immigration facility in Newark since January. Speaking to The Guardian, Soto revealed that her family has been turned away more than ten times, often citing clothing choices that fall well outside the facility's own published standards. On one occasion, the rejection was based on her 11-month-old baby's onesie. On another, it was the leggings her preschooler wore.
