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mucifer

(23,527 posts) Tue Jul 2, 2019, 04:02 AM Jul 2019

Joaquin Castro Smuggles Device into Migrant Detention Facility Gets Photos Prison Like Cell

"Our border patrol system is broken. And part of the reason it stays broken is because it's kept secret. The American people must see what is being carried out in their name," Castro said to begin a lengthy Twitter thread where he documented what he and other delegates had seen during their visit.

Castro's report also included a photo of seven women sitting in a cinder-block cell, some on the floor and others on a bench. However, it was unclear from the photo how big the cell is or if there are other women being detained inside.

Other Democrats who made the trip also tweeted about their experiences, including Kennedy who called the reaction from CBP agents "very resistant to Congressional oversight" in a tweet.

"Facilities are wholly inadequate. Cells maxed to capacity, concrete floors...It felt jail-like. No way to keep a child or innocent human being. Group of 13 women from Cuba were in tears when we spoke with them," he added. "The entire system is broken, rotten and rife with abuse. And [President Donald] Trump doubles down on it despite the growing horror -- child detention, metering, Remain in Mexico, threatened ICE raids. Every action he takes exacerbates and entrenches the humanitarian crisis at our nation's feet."