KCLU: Little boy who was sick and not eating in a notorious ICE detention center is back in Santa Barbara County
"...She said the boy is traumatized. And it's a trauma that he didn't have previously, because DHS agents forced him into a car seat and tied him up forcefully. Since then, he's had a terrible fear of car seats.
Mom and son were separated from his father and flown to Texas — the child still strapped in his car seat — and held at the notorious Dilley detention center, also known as South Texas Family Detention Center. ..."
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Little boy who was sick and not eating in a notorious ICE detention center is back in Santa Barbara County
The 2-year-old, who made international headlines last month when he fell ill in an ICE detention facility, is back home along with his mother as they await their asylum claim.Caroline Feraday (KCLU)
