Bug? Or feature?1/ People are buying diapers, wipes, soaps and toys to donate to children in overcrowded migrant detention centers.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
But they're being turned away. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt pic.twitter.com/wEXquQKWiy
2/ News reports have been circulating of facilities having drinking water that tastes like bleach and sick children without enough clothing. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
3/ An influx of migrants along the southwest border has stretched facilities beyond capacity.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
Some lawyers who have visited them are calling them unsafe and unsanitary conditions. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt
4/ So, people want to donate diapers and toys to children at Border Patrol facilities in Texas.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
They're being turned away. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt
5/ On Sunday, Austin Savage and his friends spent $340 on diapers, wipes, soaps and toys for migrant children being held in a Border Patrol facility.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
When the group arrived, they found that the lobby was closed.
The Border Patrol agents ignored them. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt
6/ Before they left, the group spotted a discarded plastic bag near the lobby door holding toothpaste and soap that had a note attached to it:— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
“I heard y’all need soap + toothpaste for kids.”https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt pic.twitter.com/p1adTXiVgA
7/ Gabriel Acuña, who grew up in Clint and attempted to visit the facility in his hometown Sunday morning, called the situation “heartbreaking” and said he felt “powerless.”— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
“For God’s sake, they’re kids, man.” https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt
8/ Last week, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice argued in court that the government shouldn’t be required to give migrant children inside Border Patrol detention facilities toothbrushes, soap, towels or showers. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
9/ 4 toddlers were reportedly hospitalized after lawyers visited a facility & found them severely ill & not receiving medical attention, according to the Huffington Post.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
They were under 3.
According to the lawyers, one was “completely unresponsive.” https://t.co/Gq5wVZIiwk
10/ We spoke to one lawyer about the conditions inside an immigrant detention center in South Texas. Here’s what she told us.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
"Basic hygiene just doesn't exist there." https://t.co/1UVTG1O03L
11/ Immigrants were living in overcrowded spaces and sometimes were forced to sleep outside a building where the water "tastes like bleach."— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
"It was so bad that the mothers would save any bottled water they could get and use that to mix the baby formula."https://t.co/1UVTG1O03L
12/ Democratic state Rep. @TerryCanales40 of Edinburg tweeted this weekend that he wrote to Border Patrol asking for a list of acceptable items to donate.— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
He said officials told his office by email they do not accept donations. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt
13/ “Those children feel like the world has given up on them, and we have to fight for them.” — @TerryCanales40— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 24, 2019
Read more here: https://t.co/GRsBCZvTUY
The correct answer is: "Feature"
How Texans in Congress feel about Trump's delay of family deportations depends on their party affiliation https://t.co/SVAEgGyuxH via @TexasTribune— Lara Korte (@lara_korte) June 25, 2019
And refusal of donations is not a decision made at the local level.
Reporters are also kept from immigration arrest records, court records & often, hearings for hundreds of thousands of adults.— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) June 25, 2019
Migrant children are suffering at the border. But reporters are kept away from the story. https://t.co/j56Cx0Ntjd
And as for the government response to exposure of this horror show:
Government moves migrant kids after AP exposes bad treatment (from @AP) https://t.co/HfiINWGGo3— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 24, 2019
Well, let's not confuse "relocation" for "shuffling":
NEW NEW: A @CBP official just told @KannoYoungs on a press call that more than 100 children have been moved BACK to the facility in Clint, Texas. The place where lawyers say that kids were living for weeks without access to showers, clean clothes, or sufficient food. https://t.co/gopl9fvC4D— Caitlin Dickerson (@itscaitlinhd) June 25, 2019
Refusal of donations is not the action of a local band of Border Patrol agents. And complete lack of sanitation is not being caused by the number of immigrants crossing the border.
Incentives, amirite?
And this can't go unnoticed:
And this can't go unnoticed:
your new White House Press Secretary, everyone https://t.co/A7SZa3Wi9e— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 25, 2019
When Democrats finally agree to amend asylum laws, right? Because actually treating people humanely RIGHT NOW! is not on the table, right?
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