1. United States
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PLEASE!! Shut down the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas and to end ICE detention of children and families. Children are not criminals. They are not security threats. There are more humane alternatives to detention. No child belongs in a detention cell, but especially not a detention center with undrinkable water, inedible food, and insufficient access to medical care. The AP reported that children are losing weight. Do you know how much neglect has to take place for a CHILD to lose weight? Think about 5-year-old Liam Ramos in the blue bunny hat, how sick he looked when he was detained there, think about two-month-old Juan Nicolas who almost died in Dilley over President’s Day weekend, think about 7-year-old Diana who was taken by ICE on her way to the emergency room. There are so many more! The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for shuttering these facilities . And you should too.