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For more than 72 hours. he was held for 11 days. his name is abner and he agreed to describe what he went through at the border facility. we obscured his face to help him protect his identity. abner describes a cell that was so proud crowded he was forced to sleep standing up. this is the first time this has been broadcast.
Obtained two dozen significant incident reports by government caseworkers. that report detailed allegation of sexual assault and retaliation against kids who ask for clean water and food. this morning one of those children, 17-year-old abner, is telling us what he went through. it involves overcrowding, abuse, and limited access to proper drinking water. watch. julia ainslie is here with more. another powerful report.
How he was forced to sleep standing, gave away his food to younger kids to keep them from crying and witnessed a border patrol agent assaulting another baby. thank you for this amazing reporting. you spoke with this young man, abner, who has been reunited with his father in chicago. he talked about the conditions. >> it is so rare that you get an undocumented immigrant, let alone a child, to sit down and talk to the media. he talked about extreme heat and cold in his cell. and he talked about hunger and thirst. he would be fed at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. when he would ask for more food, he was...
Soboroff broke a story about the conditions at a u.s. border patrol station in yuma, arizona. they obtained more than two dozen significant incident reports written by government case workers based on what children had described to them being held there. the report included an allegation of sexual assault and retaliation against kids who asked for clean water and food. and julia sat down with a guatemalan boy who was held there for 11 days. 17-year-old abner describes in detail what he went through, including being held in a cell that was so crowded he was forced to sleep standing up. not know...
Would sit down with us. we have an excellent producer who is fluent in spanish. it took time to speak to abner and his father to convince them to sit down. i think these stories and hearing it from his mouth does have more power to it. and the other thing i just kept thinking the whole time talking to them is i'm finding out a lot of details for the first time. abner was interviewed by government case workers right after he left. that's the story we broke on your show two weeks ago about the children who sat down. he talked a lot about the retaliatory measures by these guards, they weren't all...