Detention by Customs and Border Protection is intended to be brief — 72 hours or less, according to the standards. He was discharged from the emergency room several hours later, and agents took him back to a temporary holding cell at a highway checkpoint. Hours later, as the boy grew sicker, no medically trained agents were on duty there. In some cases, Border Patrol agents take sick migrants to be seen at hospitals, but problems persist once they are brought back to C.B.P.’s crowded, ill-equipped facilities. When she had to use the toilet, she was forced to drag herself across the floor using her broken arm.

Source: New York Times March 05, 2019 07:52 UTC