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DOHA,April8(Xinhua)--AstheBidenadministrationisreportedlyconsideringonceagaindetainingfamiliesthatillegallycrossintotheUnitedStates,anopinionpublishedbyAlJazeerahighlightedthetroublinghistoryofhumanrightsviolationscommittedbytheU.S.governmentagainstmigrants.
"CagesandcellshavebeenafeatureoftheU.S.immigrationsystem,underoneeuphemismoranother,sincethe19thcentury,"SarahTowle,anauthorandeducator,wroteinanopinionpiecepublishedbyAlJazeeraonThursday.
TowlespecificallypointedtotheinfamousT.DonHuttoDetentionCenter,knownasthe"babyjail,"whichwasfirstestablishedduringtheGeorgeW.Bushadministrationtoincarceraterefugeechildren.Althoughthecenterwasclosedin2009duetoreportedrightsviolations,theObamaadministrationsubsequentlyopenedthreemorefor-profit"babyjails."
Reportsfromhumanrightsgroupsrevealedthatchildreninthesefacilitiesweresubjectedtoharshconditions,includingbeingconfinedtotheircellsforupto12hoursadaywithoutaccesstobooksortoys,facingthreatsofseparationandsolitaryconfinementfor"misbehavior,"andbeinggivenonly20minutestoeatfood.
Towlefurtherhighlightedthedetrimentaleffectsofconfinementonincarceratedchildren,includingpersistenttoxicstressresultinginweightloss,hairloss,lethargy,anddepression.Manychildrenexhibitedregressionintheirdevelopmentalmilestones,withfrequenttantrumsandbed-wettingbeingprevalent.
Theauthoralsonotedthatverbal,physical,andsexualabusefurthercompoundedthesufferingenduredbytheseimprisonedchildren,andhighlightedthatduringtheyearsof2018-2019,whenDonaldTrumpwaspresident,"bordercrueltybecamefurtherentrenched"duetohisopenlyanti-immigrantstance.
TheauthoralsonotedthatBiden,despitehis"moralcampaigns,"isconsideringthereinstatementoffamilydetentioncenters,whichmaybeperceivedasanattempttogainpoliticaladvantageintheupcoming2024presidentialelection.
"Historicaltransgressionssuchasfamilydetentionsleaveindeliblemoralstains.Theyshouldneverberepeated,"Towlesaid.
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