Why Children Keep Getting Sick At Detention, Processing Centers

“I’m a pediatrician, and I care for sick children all the time, and I would never suggest, in healing, a child return to a cold concrete floor, covered by a silver, mylar blanket which is really more of a sheet, to heal from their illness, and certainly not in a setting where they’re exposed to constant stress.”



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By Bonnie PetrieBorder & Immigration, Health & Science, Partner Organizations, Texas Newsroom, Texas Public Radio