US judge says conditions in overcrowded border holding cells violate Constitution

A US judge has ruled in favor of refuges, who held in overcrowded border detention centers under inhumane conditions, banning authorities from holding asylum seekers for more than 48 hours in a facility in the state of Arizona. After a seven-day trial, federal Judge David Bury handed the legal victory to refugees in a lawsuit that alleged US Border Patrol facilities hold detainees in extremely inhumane and unsanitary conditions. The federal judge ruled that conditions in US Customs and Border Protection migrant holding cells in the agency's Tucson sector violated the Constitution. Bury ordered US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in Tucson to provide a bed,...