DHS pushes back at detention critics with photos via ReutersTV
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the southwest U.S. border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley where some children have no access to showers or hot meals.
It came as President Donald Trump’s administration pushed back against criticism of its migrant detention centers on the U.S.-Mexico border. Migrants banged on cell windows and shouted when investigators visited. Most single adults had not had a shower despite several being held as long as a month. One photo showed a man in a packed cell holding a message reading: “Help 40 Day Here.”The Rio Grande Valley is the busiest area of the border for migrant arrests, which hit a 13-year monthly high in May during a surge in the arrival of Central American families. At the time of the investigators’ visits, U.S.
According to Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, women were told to drink out of toilets. “They provided three meals a day to people who are here illegally and unlawfully, two snacks in between,” Gidley said. The detention facilities have become an issue among Democratic candidates vying to face Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
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