At least nine babies held in Ice detention in Texas

• Legal complaint warns of ‘alarming increase’ in child detention
• Honduran mothers say children are unwell and have lost weight

At least nine infants under the age of one are being held in a Texas immigrant detention facility, according to a complaint filed Thursday with the US Department of Homeland Security that warned of an “alarming increase” in how many infants are detained.

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