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Exhibit 10
REDACTED VERSION OF DOCUMENT
FILED UNDER SEAL

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declare as follows:

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This declaration is based on my personal lmowledge. If called to testify in this

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case, I would testify competently about these facts.

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detained at the Shiloh Residential Treatment Center. I have been here for about two

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months. Shiloh is a locked facility with 24-hour surveillance and monitoring. The

I am 16 years old. I am from Honduras. I am currently being held in ORR custody

8 children are detained here and no one is :free to leave.
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My mom lives in Houston and comes to see me when she can, but she has to

10 complete a lot of requirements before I can live with her. I talk to my mom about two

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times a week. They have already checked my mom's house and she passed the home

12 study. I was told that my case is finished and once the doctor says I'm ready, I can be
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released. The doctor has said I can't leave until I can control myself. He hasn't told me a

14 time frame for how long it will be before I'm ready.
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I was taken into immigration custody in Texas about six months ago in May 2017.
My dad was assassinated with 16 gunshots in front of me at age 5. I was also

17 raped when I was 5. It was so traumatic that since that time I suffer from extreme
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anxiety. I also have epilepsy and asthma.

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I still dream though. I one day I dream of being a pilot and flying. I don't want to

20 fail my mom. I lmow that one day I will realize my dreams.
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I was first detained in Southwest Key, a shelter facility . I suffered an anxiety attack

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there and was sent to this psychiatric facility called the "Shiloh." My heart beats very

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fast and hands sweat when I have an anxiety attack. I think the anxiety would be better if

24 I was with my mother.
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I don't remember ever being told or reading that I could appeal or challenge the

26 government's decision to put me into this treatment facility, or that I could go to court
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I have never had a thirty-day review while I've been at Shiloh to review my

2 custody classification since I have been here. No one has formally sat down with me and
3 reviewed whether I should be stepped down to a lower level of security or told me how
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I'm doing here or what I have to do in order to step down.

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I was supposed to have a court date on November g th but it was cancelled.

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A lawyer named "Juana" comes to our facility once a month, but not sure what the

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progress is on my immigration case or my release. I really want a lawyer who can help

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me.

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At Shiloh, I am given seven pills every day. In the morning, I take 4 pills and then

10 3 in the evening. The medicine is supposed to help. with epilepsy and anxiety. The doctor
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has changed my pills a couple of times. The medicine makes me feel dizzy and

12 sometimes makes it hard to concentrate. I have no appetite.
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I talk to a therapist two times a week.

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I have seen another youth get an injection that he didn't want. A staff member had

15 to grab him first and then give him the injection.
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I don't like to be around other kids because of my anxiety. I smile with a fake

17 smile so everyone thinks I'm ok.
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Sometimes I have no desire to do anything. I try and keep a diary ofmy days.
I just want to be with my mother.

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this

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1st day of December, 2017, at Manvel, Texas.

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CERTIFICATE OF TRANSLATION

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