.CNNValencia sits down with Francisco Galicia, who was born in the US but detained by immigration officials for more than three weeks.
Edinburg, Texas The Texas-born high school student who was detained by immigration officials for more than three weeks told CNN Thursday he was treated less than human at a US Customs and Border Protection facility.
Francisco Galicia, 18, says he was held in filthy, overcrowded conditions where he was not allowed to shower for 23 days, forced to sleep on a cement floor and not given enough food. By the time he was released Tuesday, after word spread about his detention following a report by The Dallas Morning News, he said he was malnourished, having dropped 26 pounds. "They were not treating us humanely," Galicia told CNN during a wide-ranging interview."...
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