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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Migrants complain of poor conditions at US holding centers

The Trump administration is facing growing complaints from migrants about severe overcrowding, meager food and other hardships at border holding centers, with some people at an encampment in El Paso being forced to sleep on the bare ground during dust storms.

The Border Network for Human Rights issued a report Friday based on dozens of testimonials of immigrants over the past month and a half, providing a snapshot of cramped conditions and prolonged stays in detention amid a record surge of migrant families coming into the U.S. from Central America.

The report comes a day after an advocate described finding a teenage mother cradling a premature baby inside a Border Patrol processing center in Texas. The advocate said the baby should have been in a hospital, not a facility where adults are kept in large fenced-in sections that critics describe as cages.

“The state of human rights in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands is grave and is only getting worse,” the immigrant rights group said in its report. “People are dying because of what is happening.”

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

They came uninvited, now deal with it. Better yet, go back where you came from.

Anonymous said...

This is the Associated Press trying to make trouble.

Reality check: these people broke the law (knowingly and willingly) entering our country illegally. Almost all of them know they have no claim for asylum. They are gaming the system and demanding treatment that even American citizens wouldn't normally get.

Solution: GO HOME. Today. Right now. And don't come back without a valid visa.

Anonymous said...

They should be processed and Charged processing fees maybe $1500 each a DAY.
Don't like it STFU AND STAY HOME.

Anonymous said...

Deport them. Send them back to where they came from

Anonymous said...

Oh well, maybe they should have stayed home in their mud hut shacks, maybe that was better conditions for them. They can certainly go back, no one will miss them and maybe they can pass the word on that the conditions aren't so great once they arrive here.

Anonymous said...

What do you expect? Come to our country disrespect our laws no job no money and you want us to give you things.

Anonymous said...

No one asked them to come here.
The (illegal) migrants should go back to where they came from

Anonymous said...

They’re living better than they ever have

Anonymous said...

Northwest Woodsman: I’m betting that the living conditions, food and medical treatment are far better than where they came from.

Anonymous said...


If they'd signed up for DemocratSocialist Priority Club before leaving their 3rd world country we'd be putting them up on the Concierge Floor, and getting them the bonus points they expect! /sarc

Anonymous said...

dittos 8:03

Betty said...

Simple solution! DON'T CROSS THE BORDER! DUH!