A recent lawsuit alleges that children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, who are under the supervision of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), were routinely given anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs, sometimes by force, according to this article from the Guardian. "A federal judge in California has ruled that the government may not administer psychotropic medication to migrant children in residential centers without first obtaining a court order or consent from a parent or guardian," says the article.
“I witnessed staff members forcefully give medication four times,” said one child identified as Isabella, “Two staff members pinned down the girl … and a doctor gave her one or two injections.”
The decision by district judge Dolly Gee also mandates that children in the facility where the alleged forcible medication occurred must be transferred to less restrictive facilities. The facility in question has denied any wrongdoing but has also issued a statement in support of the judge's ruling.