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Federal Judge Orders Remedy for “Inhumane” Border Patrol Treatment of Migrants

HeadlineFeb 20, 2020

In Arizona, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Border Patrol to provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants within 12 hours after they’re brought to an immigration jail. Wednesday’s court order came after immigrant rights groups sued the Trump administration over overcrowded, unsafe, unsanitary, freezing and inhumane conditions at eight Border Patrol jails in Arizona.

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