As immigration advocates sound the alarm over"inhumane" conditions for asylum seekers who have been forced to wait under an overpass outside a Border Patrol station in El Paso, Texas, some activists have started to draw comparisons between the holding site and"concentration camps."
According to the news agency, asylum seekers held in the El Paso enclosure were being given thermal blankets, as well as access to some shelter, water and medical evaluations. In a news conference in El Paso on Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told reporters that the"breaking point" his agency has warned about for weeks had finally arrived, with March set to be"the highest month" in apprehensions and encounters with migrants in over a decade.
The CBP commissioner said that for the first time in over a decade, the agency had started to perform"direct releases" of migrants at the southern border, leaving Border Patrol agents to"expeditiously" decide on whether migrants should be accepted into custody or be released pending a court hearing"on a risk basis."
The announcement came after Trump lashed out at Mexico and Central American countries and threatened to shut down the U.S. border on Thursday.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
cato218 They are internment camps
Where’s Nancy Pelosi at?
Says women's march spokesperson? YOU ARE REALLY A PATHETIC NEWS SOURCE!
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