Immigrant Detention at Hutto
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This two-minute Freedom Files video short provides a shocking glimpse into
conditions at a Texas facility to detain immigrants run by the Department of
Homeland Security. Of the approximately 400 detainees at the Hutto Detention
Facility, many are children who belong to refugee families seeking political
asylum in the U.S. after escaping persecution in their country of origin.
The video introduces viewers to children like two-year-old Angie and her
older sister Nixcari, who had been confined for months in the bleak,
barbed-wire encased Hutto facility, where children wear prison garb and are
held in small cells for the majority of each day. Recreational time is
severely limited as are educational opportunities. Access to medical, dental
and mental health treatment is inadequate. From one mother who was confined
with her 12-year-old: ".a psychological trauma my daughter and I will carry
with us for the rest of our lives."