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June 8, 2015

Immigrant Teen Mom Attempts Suicide at Texas Detention Center; Pregnant Mothers Freed 
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An immigrant teenage mom has attempted suicide at a private Texas family
detention center after being denied asylum. Nineteen-year-old Lilian
Olia Yamileth has sought refuge with her four-year old son in the U.S.
to escape severe domestic abuse in her native Honduras. But after her
bid was denied, she cut her wrist and left a suicide note saying she has
been "treated worse than an animal." Doctors say her wound is non-life
threatening. The Karnes facility holds about 500 immigrant women and
children. Last week, Karnes released five pregnant women just hours
after their detention there was revealed.

 

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