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The Times of India
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Indian family of 4 completes 3 months in Texas ICE detention; 12-year-old bleeding in stool, his sister vomiting frequently

The Indian family of four - parents and two kids -- completes almost 90 days at Dilley detention center in Texas, with their future looking bleak and their health deteriorating. They were arrested in February during a routine check-in appointment and were put in the controversial center which reopened after the Donald Trump administration resumed family detentions last year. YouTuber Ms Rachel, who had been advocating for shutting the ICE detention centre, visited Dilley and met the Indian family.

"I never thought i'd be advocating to get families out of prison. It was an honor to meet with this hardworking, kind family. Please free them. Guri is not getting proper care for bleeding when he goes to the bathroom which is dangerous medical neglect," Ms Rachel wrote.

Guri is the 12-year-old boy of the family who has been experiencing blood in his stools. This started before his detention but he did not get any treatment after the entire family was picked up and held in family prison. His sister, 11-year-old Manpreet has been vomiting frequently as the tap water is hurting her stomach. "Both children were so kind but you could tell they are depressed," Ms Rachel wrote.

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