Hi, I& #39;m Amanda and I& #39;ve been painting a new watercolor daily since July 18th, 2019. Each includes a quote by or about a person detained at the border.

A few things upfront:

There is nothing a child can do to deserve the treatment described in this thread.
If you disagree, just go ahead and block me now, we& #39;re not going to get along.

Yes, I know Obama built cages and committed mass deportations. That was awful, and not the right thing.

BUT

Not a single child died in CBP custody in 10 years, 8 Obama and 2 Bush, before this admin
Obama never separated a child from an adult *known* to be a family member without a criminal suspicion of the adult.

0 Tolerance is designed as a deterrent - it is a *known* cruelty designed to make fleeing to safety in the US unattractive. We are tormenting fleeing families.
Finally, if you don& #39;t care because these are little brown kids who didn& #39;t deserve to be born in the US (what did you do to deserve it?), I leave you with this. Now, for the paintings.
Day 1: “There are no activities, only crying.”
-15 year old detained in Texas

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Day 2: "We sleep on a cement bench”
-8 year old detained in TX

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Day 3: "They leave babies, even little babies of two or three months, sleeping on the cold floor. For me, because I am so pregnant, sleeping on the floor is very painful for my back and hips. I think the guards act this way to punish us.”

M, 17, Honduras
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Day 4: "It is very sad here. We all want to leave.”

– L.G.L.L., 12, Guatemala

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Day 5: “It’s difficult for me to care for my sisters here. It’s hard because they are very hungry”

-M, 12, from Ecuador, speaking of her 8 and 4 year old sisters

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Day 6: “One of the officers makes fun of those who cry”
-Salvadoran teen

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Day 9: “I have not been told how long I have to stay here. I am frightened, scared and sad.”
-J, 5 year old from Honduras who was separated from his father at the border

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Day 11: “Nobody takes care of us here. I try to take care of my little brother and sister since no one will take care of them."
-K from Ecuador, 11, speaking of his 9 and 7 year old siblings
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Day 12: “Every night my sisters keep asking me, ‘When will our mommy come get us?’ I don’t know what to tell them.”

-M, 12, from Ecuador speaking of her 8 and 4 year old sisters
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Day 13: “I have to take care of many of the other children who are sad and cry. I do my best to help other children who are sad.”

-W, 12, Guatemala, taking care of his 4 yo developmentally delayed brother as well as other toddlers/children in his cell
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Day 14: “The facility is locked. I cannot leave. I was warned that I would get in trouble. One of the other teen boys got into trouble, and we were told that he was taken to the freezer box, hieleras, as punishment.”

-U, Teenager, El Salvador
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Day 16: “The female guards were yelling at the mothers separated from their children not to look at their children... The female guards told the mothers and children that they would be punished for looking at each other.”

-Lidia, 22, El Salvador

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Day 19: “I left El Salvador because I received death threats because I am gay. The same people who threatened me beat one of my transsexual friends to death. I was scared they also would beat me to death and would harm my daughter.”
-Ana, 27, child, 6

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Day 24: “There was water in the cell…it tasted funny, like chlorine, like it came from a pool. I only drank from it twice because I didn’t trust it.”

-Justin, 13, El Salvador

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Day 25: “My son and the other children [were not able] to eat the food so they were always hungry.”

-Cristobal, adult, Guatemala and his 7 year old son

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Day 26: “The cold was unbearable. My son is still suffering from a terrible cough and cold from how cold the dog house was those 4 nights.”

-Delmis, adult, Honduras w/9 yo daughter and 2 yo son

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Day 28: “I just want to leave and feel free.”
- Bridis, adult fleeing gangs and domestic violence in Honduras with her 4 year old son

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Day 30: “I have not seen sunlight since I have been staying in the camp.”

-Timofei, 16 fleeing religious persecution in Russia

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Day 31: “I’m separated from my mother and father. That really wears me down and weighs on my soul.”
-Timofei, 16, Russia
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Day 33: “My son was coughing, vomiting and had a fever. They did not give him any medicine.”

-Jeydi and her 4 year old son, Honduras

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Day 35: “I know I’m not from this country, but why am I treated like this? We’re not animals. I can’t bear it anymore.”

-Jimena, adult, Honduras

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