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Detained Children Lack Protections, Lawyers Say

Attorneys say immigrant children in Texas detention centers are being denied basic protections that are afforded to them under a nearly 20-year-old federal agreement.

By Joy Diaz, Texas Standard
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A facility at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio housing detained immigrant minors.
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

Attorneys say immigrant children in Texas detention centers are being denied basic protections that are afforded to them under a nearly 20-year-old federal agreement. Read the full story at KUT News.

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