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House lawmakers on Wednesday heard emotional testimony from a Guatemalan woman seeking asylum in the United States whose two-year-old daughter contracted a lung infection while at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas and died shortly after their release. Yazmin Juárez, who is suing the federal government over her daughter Mariee’s death, detailed for the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties the treatment she received from immigration officials at the detention center. She blamed improper medical care, “terrible and inadequate” living conditions and a culture of neglect at the migrant holding facilities along the border for...

Hi Everyone, My neighbors little 2 1/2 yr old cousin needs everyone's prayers. If you know any other prayer list, please pass this alone. Little Leah Saburn (I know it's the moms last name and it might be hers too) swallowed a battery about February 18th. She was throwing up and couldn't eat. At first they thought an ear infection until a days passed and things got worse including blood in the stool. They did an x-ray and found something stuck in the esophagus. They removed it and realized it was a battery. They were told that a battery is...

I wanted to update all of you on Clint's condition. His mother and I appreciate all of your prayers, however it is not looking good. His mom just got back from the hospital and the doctors are preparing her for the worst. Clint is not responding to the antibiotic being used to treat his staph infection. On Friday there was a glimmer of hope, his fever had broken. He is on the ventilator and it is doing all of his breathing for him. Freepers please pray hard for him, Clint is only 14 years old, and he has been in...

The doctors are attempting to move my son, Henry, from an oscillating venilator to a standard venilator. Normally, this would be a good development, but Henry is really struggling right now - I just got home from the hospital and my wife called from there (she's the night shift tonight). Any prayers or good thoughts you can send his way would be greatly appreciated.

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