As migrant kids detail horrid conditions at the border, Texas lawmaker files a bill to allow donations to detention centers

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As migrant kids detail horrid conditions at the border, Texas lawmaker files a bill to allow donations to detention centers
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The proposal comes amid reports of dire conditions at border detention centers, with one Buzzfeed article on Thursday quoting the children living who are, by all appearances, living in squalid

The government agencies responsible for migrant children would be able to accept donations for the public if a proposal filed on Friday by U.S. Representative Chip Roy passes into law.article Thursday quoting some children who are, by all appearances, living in squalid conditions at the centers.

According to the article, one 12-year-old boy said:"I'm hungry here at Clint [detention center] all the time. I'm so hungry that I have woken up in the middle of the night with hunger. Sometimes I wake up from hunger at 4 a.m., sometimes at other hours. I'm too scared to ask the officials here for any more food, even though there is not enough food here for me.""Three days ago my baby soiled his clothes.

Attorneys reportedly collected the children's statements at a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas. Their visit apparently pertained to a 1997 court settlement agreement that specified how long and under what conditions immigrant kids can be detained. The attorneys are asking a judge to order inspections of Border Patrol facilities in El Paso, Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley.

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