Dental Exam Leads To 17 Year Old Asylum Seeker In An Adult Jail
In 2017, Jose Antonio Hernandez Vasquez, a 17-year-old from Guatemala seeking asylum in the United States, was suddenly moved from a youth shelter to a maximum-security facility in Southern California. For about 10 months, the teen was detained alongside adults, many of them gang members and convicted criminals, before authorities realized their error. The mistake … Read more