Tag: Trump abuse of immigrants

‘No shower, no shower!’: Migrants’ shouts greet Pence as he visits Texas detention centers

The vice president saw detainees packed into their holding areas surrounded by chain-link fence.

Vice President Mike Pence saw firsthand the extreme overcrowding migrants are often forced to endure at federal detention centers when he visited two Friday in Texas.

Agents wore face masks, and video showed detainees packed into their holding areas surrounded by chain-link fence, the concrete floors littered with silver thermal blankets. Reporters accompanying Pence described the facility as smelling “horrendous.”

A group of men detained behind chain link fencing shouted to news cameras, “No shower, no shower!”

View the complete July 12 article by Dennis Romero on the NBC News website here.

Five critical findings from watchdog report on border detentions

The Hill logoAn internal report describing dismal conditions at detention centers holding migrants at the border is stirring tensions between the Trump administration and Congress over Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) handling of the growing crisis.

The report from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) showed little progress in conditions at the centers run by Border Patrol and CBP, its parent agency.

The report described standing room only cells for migrants, who were not fed hot meals or given showers.

View the complete July 3 article by Rafael Bernal on The Hill website here.