Thread: Lawsuit detention facility for immigrant kids

Lawsuit over San Antonio detention facility for immigrant kids


Associated Press - April 3, 2008 5:45 PM ET

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Eight immigrant teens held at a facility for unaccompanied minors filed a federal lawsuit today claiming they were abused and denied access to attorneys.

The teens from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Cuba were being held at the 122-bed facility in San Antonio owned and run by Houston-based Cornell Companies.

Cornell has a contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement -- ORR.

Undocumented minors caught by authorities in the United States fall under the care of ORR while their immigration cases are decided.

Attorney Susan Watson with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid says the teens were beaten and subjected to other excessive force in violation of their rights.

The suit names Cornell and 15 of its workers, along with three employees of ORR.

Calls to officials at ORR and Cornell weren't immediately returned.

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Where's the details? They beat each other up and now want to sue the facility?

THEY WERE PROBABLY ALREADY BEAT UP WHEN THEY GOT HERE. THEY MUST HAVE HAD TO COME THROUGH MEXICO TO GET HERE. NEED I SAY MORE? THEY KNOW SUING THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WOULD BE AN EXCERCISE IN FUTILITY.....SO HEY WHY NOT BLAME IT ON THE GRINGOS?

Consulates trying to get U cards for these teens?