The lawsuit filed in 2021 by Kerlin Sanchez Villabolos and her sister Y.S. was the first one in the country where migrant children sued the federal government for treatment at the Mexico-Texas border.
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The lawsuit filed in 2021 by Kerlin Sanchez Villabolos and her sister Y.S. was the first one in the country where migrant children sued the federal government for treatment at the Mexico-Texas border.