A prematurely born infant and her 17-year-old mother spent seven days being almost entirely neglected in Border Patrol custody,according to lawyers who visited an immigrant processing station in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday and Wednesday. The baby, barely a month old, was wrapped in a dirty towel, wore a soiled onesieand looked listless, said one of the lawyers, Hope Frye. Children in government custody should not be kept in Border Patrol facilities longer than 72 hours, according to federal law and a court order. Frye said that she and her team worked Tuesday and Wednesday to try to get the new mother and her child released from Border Patrol custody. Five children have died in Border Patrol custody since December.

Source: Huffington Post June 13, 2019 21:51 UTC