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Dem represntative from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details..., D-N.Y. with a group of pastors was "drastically different."
The president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the world's largest Hispanic Christian organization, and senior pastor of New Seasons Christian Worship Center in Sacramento shared his firsthand experience touring a migrant detention center during a press briefing Monday.
"I read the reports, saw the news clips. I just wanted to see what was actually happening in order to better enable our efforts to find a fair and a just solution to our broken immigration system," Rodriguez, who has advised President Trump and both Presidents Barack Obama
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and George W. Bush on immigration reform, noted. "To my surprise, I saw something drastically different from the stories I’ve been hearing in our national discourse. Even as a veteran of immigration advocacy in the U.S., I was shocked at the misinformation of the crisis at the border."
The group of pastors saw a very different picture described by Ocasio-Cortez and other politicians and media outlets.
"We found no soiled diapers, no deplorable conditions and no lack of basic necessities," Rodriguez remarked, adding he specifically asked border agents if they staged the facility in response to the negative press. "They unequivocally denied it ‐ we were witnessing the identical conditions the attorneys saw when they toured the facility days earlier."
In fact, some told him the sources from whom the negative coverage originated "never toured the areas of the facility that we toured" and speculated they might have had political motivations.
The pastors left encouraged by the commitment and dedication of America’s Border Patrol and immigration officers, "many of which are Latinos, by the way." He said one emotional Border Patrol agent turned to him and said, referring to the vilification: "Pastor Sam, what they’re saying about us is completely false. We care about these kids and have a passion for our calling."
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, with an accompanying delegation of pastors at the Clint Patrol Station this weekend in El Paso County, Texas.
Pastor Carlos Moran, NHCLC board member and immigrant, said, "we, as evangelical leaders that serve in different segments, are very committed to helping children regardless of their status and we commend those officers that are trying their very best to serve and fulfill their duty at the border. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
we do call on our politicians to set aside their personal agendas and begin focusing on resolving this immigration crisis."