DOJ lawyer tells Ninth Circuit that detained kids are 'safe and sanitary' without soap, toothbrushes
1 / 3US Immigrant ChildrenFILE - In this June 26, 2018, file photo, protesters carry signs and chant slogans in front of Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles. A panel of appeals court judges in California will hear arguments in the long-running battle between advocates for immigrant children and the U.S. government over conditions in detention and holding facilities near the southwest border. SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S.
"There's fair reason to find those things may be part of safe and sanitary," she told the panel during an exchange over the conditions in facilities for immigrant children caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The hearing focused on the U.S. government's appeal of a federal judge's 2017 ruling that U.S. authorities breached the agreement after young immigrants caught on the border said they had to sleep in cold, overcrowded cells and were given inadequate food and dirty water.
During the hearing, Fabian said the agreement was vague about what is required to determine a facility is safe and sanitary.
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