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Immigration's net binds children too
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Hundreds of minors are being held with parents caught illegally in the
U.S. The facilities and conditions are like jail.
By Nicole Gaouette and Miguel Bustillo
Times Staff Writers
February 10 2007
TAYLOR, TEXAS — Khadijah Bessuges is confined by metal gates and
razor wire. She wears a uniform. She sleeps in an 8-by-15 cell, and
stands by her cot four times a day when the guards count heads. She has
only two pairs of panties. Her favorite teddy bear was confiscated. But
she has her father, Sebastien, who sleeps in the cell with her.
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Monday, February 12, 2007
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