An 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Dallas says he lost 26 pounds while being held for more than three weeks at a U.S. border detention center.
An 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Dallas who was held for more than three weeks by U.S. and Customs and Border Protection despite carrying U.S. birth certificate documents says he lost 26 pounds during his detention and was not allowed to shower or brush his teeth while in custody.
He told MSNBC that some 60 men were crowded into a cell with only one toilet. They had to sleep on the floor — some even in the bathroom — under aluminum-foil blankets. "Generally, situations including conflicting reports from the individual and multiple birth certificates can, and should, take more time to verify," the statement read."While we continue to research the facts of the situation, this individual has been released from ICE custody. Both CBP and ICE are committed to the fair treatment of migrants in our custody and continue to take appropriate steps to verify all facts of this situation.
“I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, ‘You don’t have rights to anything,’” Francisco Galicia told The Dallas Morning News. “Our federal agencies need to implement consistent standards for verifying immigration status to prevent anything like this from happening again," he said.
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