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The Latest: Lawyer pressing forward on Va. abuse claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a Virginia juvenile detention facility where immigrant teens claimed they were abused (all times local): 4:40 p.m. A lawyer for immigrant children who say they were cuffed and beaten by the staff inside a Virginia detention facility says they plan to press forward with a federal civil-rights lawsuit, even though two of the teens are no longer in the United States. Hannah Lieberman of the Washington Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs says two of the unnamed teens who described severe abuse inside the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center left the country following the resolution of their immigration cases, and may not be available to testify.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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