Premature baby found in Border Patrol facility in Texas
The teenage girl with pigtail braids was hunched over in a wheelchair and holding a bunched sweatshirt when an immigrant advocate met her at a crowded Border Patrol facility in Texas.
She opened the sweatshirt and the advocate gasped. It was a tiny baby, born premature, being held in detention instead of where she believes she should have been — a hospital neonatal unit.
"You look at this baby and there is no question that this baby should be in a tube with a heart monitor," said Hope Frye, a volunteer with an immigrant advocacy group who travels the country visiting immigration facilities with children to make sure they comply with federal guidelines.
Frye and other advocates say the case highlights the poor conditions immigrants are held in after crossing the border at a time when the government is dealing with an unprecedented number of families and children who are arriving each day.
Read more: https://www.americanpress.com/news/national/premature-baby-found-in-border-patrol-facility-in-texas/article_ce2c35ce-59b0-5822-a2fc-66f6739e910f.html
(Lake Charles American Press)
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It's totally unbelievable to me that this is still going on - and gets progressively worse every day! History is bound to make some parallels... 
No international news - what's happening in other countries - no news about earthquakes, floods and tsunamis, no local stories of national interest, it's just the latest Trump outrage 24/7 day after day - it's inescapable. So far tonight, it's all been about Trump continuing to invite foreign interference in our elections, every news show I've had on has covered it in depth, with the addition of Kellyanne Conway's blatant violation of the Hatch Act. And that was the lead story on all the late night shows, too. Like I've said before, the late night guys barely need writers - they can just show mind boggling Trump clips. What happens when he's gone?? - which I desperately hope comes to pass - it'll be culture shock learning to report and absorb normal news stories again. 
