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Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 08:40 AM Jun 2018

Separated migrant children are headed toward shelters that have a history of abuse and neglect

Read this article...it is truly horrifying.We are sending kids to monsters who will rape them, drug them and beat them.


"Homes with worst issues keep getting grants
A case in point is the Shiloh Treatment Center, a mobile home complex-turned-child care center. Located in rural Manvel, Texas, the center was founded in 1995 by Clay Dean Hill, who is now 69. In 2013, the resettlement agency began funding the shelter, sending more than $25 million in grants over five years.

In 2001, Stephanie Duffield, 16, died after being restrained by staff. Following her death, Shiloh was found to be “in compliance” with state requirements, according to the refugee resettlement office. Since then, Shiloh has been dogged by allegations of child abuse, leading Brazoria County’s district attorney, Jeri Yenne, to call for increased monitoring of the shelter.

Children have died at two other programs affiliated with Hill, Behavior Training Research Inc. and Daystar Residential Inc. Between 1993 and 2010, three children died after being restrained at those facilities. In 2002, Latasha Bush, 15, died from asphyxia. Eight years later, Michael Keith Owens, 16, died after being restrained inside a closet. Both were ruled homicides.

Daystar closed after Owens’ death. Behavior Training Research remains registered as an active domestic for-profit corporation.

Over the last three years, Texas inspectors found eight deficiencies at Shiloh, including poorly supervised medication inside the facility and overdue background check renewals for staff."

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C_U_L8R

(44,892 posts)
1. Who is keeping tabs on these kids?
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 08:53 AM
Jun 2018

That person/data (if there is at all) needs to be subpoenaed and brought to light right away. Children are at terrible risk.

bdamomma

(63,654 posts)
2. seems like no one is keeping track
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:07 AM
Jun 2018

of where these kids are and stories are coming out regarding abusing them, and drugging them up. We have crimes of humanity happening here in the US. HHS Azar went to his college reunion and fucking lies that they are in touch with the parents total BS.


The governor in NY is pleading with the government to find out where these kids are and there is a gag order out, WTF.

This has got to stop and not to be forgotten that this is happening literally in our own back yard or states.

The regime we have do not care about these children/teenagers, they were trying to get away from this in their own countries to seek asylum here in the US which is legal and met with abuse, and torture here in the US. WTF.

C_U_L8R

(44,892 posts)
3. It seems Trump's EO took the heat off for only minutes
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:11 AM
Jun 2018

The demand for transparency and justice is roaring back bigger and louder. Release the children and resign, Trump.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
8. They don't want us to see what they are doing because it will hurt them badly as they are
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:22 AM
Jun 2018

sending kids to facilities that drug them, torture them, and rape them too... no in my name.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
5. They won't even say where these kids are and the kids are secretly moved...no one
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:20 AM
Jun 2018

is looking out for these kids. This is at its essence a money making scheme....I wonder how much Trump gets.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
17. This is a national emergency. And Trump must have much to hide based on his actions of
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:04 AM
Jun 2018

spiriting kids away in the dead of night.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
7. Yes it is, and we must stop this...
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:21 AM
Jun 2018

We need to save these kids and the ones the monsters have had for it appears now years.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
10. I know...we need transparency...We wouldn't know about this without Trump's evil actions.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:26 AM
Jun 2018

The difference is that Bush and Obama (yes Bush too) were not trying to hurt kids...Trump wants to hurt them.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
11. The abuses in Virginia happened during Trumps time too... the problem is the state has no
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 09:27 AM
Jun 2018

jurisdiction over these kids...and the feds don't bother. The states don't even know they are there in many cases.

Demsrule86

(68,348 posts)
15. I would add that Trump's kidnapped kids are being sent to these places...so let's try to blow these
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:00 AM
Jun 2018

places up and save them all.

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