Family Separation
Kids told lawyers they're sick, cold, wake up hungry in the middle of the night, sleep on cement floors, and take care of babies separated from their families.
An official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, wouldn't say exactly how many children are currently detained there.
"How many toothbrushes, soap and blankets can you buy if you sell a pair of Louboutins? Be Best!"
"I can't imagine my own child being there and not being broken," said Dr. Dolly Lucio Sevier.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Days earlier, a Justice Department lawyer argued that the government didn't need to provide toothbrushes, soap or beds to detained migrant kids.
"In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity."
The president says his hard-line approach to immigration has improved his standing among Hispanic voters.
“I find it inconceivable that the government would say" current conditions are "safe and sanitary," as required, said a stunned Judge William Fletcher.
The Trump administration announced plans to detain undocumented immigrant children at the site where 700 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.
The art installations were meant to bring awareness to the horrific conditions children and other migrants face at the southern U.S. border.