9-Year-Old Colombian Girl's Experience in Texas Immigration Detention Center
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Summary
A 9-year-old Colombian girl named Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya shares her experience of being held at the Dilley, Texas immigration detention center, where her family's planned Disney World vacation turned into four months of detention. The article is based on interviews with parents and children at the nation's only operating detention center for immigrant families, featuring letters written by children about their experiences inside the facility.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledOne of those letters came from 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya from Colombia.
Her letter was written on a piece of notebook paper. She decorated it with rainbows and hearts.
And she drew a portrait of herself and her mom wearing the
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
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