Groups Claim Abuse of Unaccompanied Migrant Children by US Border Patrol Scharon Harding - Latin Post
go to original June 14, 2014

Surge in child immigrants crossing U.S.-Mexico border (CNN)

On Wednesday, immigrants rights groups filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging the sexual and physical abuse of 116 unaccompanied migrant children at the border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.

"Given these longstanding problems, and in light of the rising number of unaccompanied children seeking relief from dangerous conditions in their home countries, the need for broad and lasting agency reforms is clear," the complaint says.

The 25-page-long complaint was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Esperanza Immigrants Rights Project, National Immigrant Justice Center, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, according to CNN. The complaint alleges that for years, abuse of children from the ages of five to 17, who are mostly from Central America and Mexico, has taken place in Texas and Arizona, Reuters reports. According to Fox News Latino, the information came from interviews conducted from March to May, and most of the abuse occurred in the past year.

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