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Immigrant Detainees Beaten, Lawsuit Claims

Washington
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(CBS) CBS News Investigative Producer Laura Strickler wrote this for cbsnews.com.
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A new lawsuit filed against a private contractor who runs an immigrant child detention center claims nine teenagers were beaten and abused by employees who work for Cornell Companies. The company has been cited by immigration officials for safety problems in the past. The Hector Garza facility in San Antonio handles young immigrant “males with serious behavioral and psychological impairmentsâ€