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The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested. The lawsuit filed late Friday in California asks a judge to order the child to be taken to a pediatric neurologist or pediatric neurosurgeon. It also seeks to prevent ICE from trying to immediately deport the family.The boy fell out of a shopping cart in December, fractured his skull and suffered bleeding around his brain. About a month later, he and his family were detained by ICE during what they thought was a routine check-in. The boy, his 1-year-old brother and their mother were taken to ICE s family detention center at Dilley, Texas, while their father was taken to a detention center in California.The child s relatives and advocates allege that ICE is not properly treating symptoms caused by the accident that bega
stanley cup n before he was detained. The boy has severe headaches and is hypersensitive to normal levels of sound, according to his aunt and Dr. Amy Cohen, an advocate working with the fami
stanley cup ly. He is also starting to wet himself, according to his aunt. They allege the boy s mother has pleaded for medical care, but has been disregarded. ICE has defended the care the boy has received at Dilley. The agency says medical staff at the detention center conducted multiple check-ups and found n
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BELEN, N.M. -- For nearly a quarter of a century, a year-round Nativity scene made of metal has rested in the little town of Belen, New Mexico.Now Belen - Spanish for Bethlehem - is fighting to keep the Nativity scene on city property and officials may even sell the land to a private owner in order to preserve the iconic art.The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wants Belen to remove the images and is threatening legal act
adidas campus ion if it s not removed from public land. The position of the city is that the Nativity scene will stay right where it is. Period, Belen Mayor Jerah Cordova told The Associated Press. I know within the city itself almost everyone supports the Nativity s
adidas samba cene. Still, Cordova said the city has weighed options like selling the property to moving it to another location. Cordova said those who oppose the Nativity scene are outsiders who don t understand the history and culture of New Mexico - a former Spanish territory with deep Hispanic and spiritual Catholic ties.Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said Belen is violating the U.S. Constitution by having the religious art on city property and the ci
air force 1 ty is discriminating against nonbelievers who likely won t speak out. It s absurd to say because the town s name is Belen they should be allowed to have a Nativity scene, Gaylor said. There s a Mecca, California. So what She says if Belen puts the property up for
