Mike Pence got a first-hand look at border detention facilities in McAllen and Donna, Texas. What he saw
WASHINGTON – In the sweltering Texas summer heat Vice President Mike Pence and reporters entered the McAllen, Texas, Border Patrol facility and gave Americans a sense of the stench, crowded rooms, and the sounds of shouting men at the center of a political firestorm.
Access is severely limited at these sites, making it difficult to assess the conditions that migrants are experiencing in Border Patrol stations, government-run detention facilities and privately-run shelters.
A Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, made headlines only after a group of lawyers who had spent time there went public with their findings. Reports from the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General also shed light on dangerous overcrowding and complaints from inmates at several detention centers holding migrants.
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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/13/mike-pence-visits-border-detention-facilities-what-he-saw-texas/1722621001/
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