Source: Immigration Impact
On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit ruled that children in immigration detention must receive basic supplies, such as edible food, clean water, soap, and toothpaste. The Justice Department lawyer, Sarah B. Fabian, argued that soap and toothbrushes might not be necessary when the children should only be detained for a short time. Judge Berzon, in her opinion, wrote “Assuring that children eat enough edible food, drink clean water, are housed in hygienic facilities with sanitary bathrooms, have soap and toothpaste, and are not sleep-deprived are without doubt essential to the children’s safety.” See more at The New York Times.