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Home Front: Politix
Inside a crowded border patrol tent in Donna, Texas
2021-03-22
[AXIOS] Exclusive photos from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, reveal the crowded, makeshift conditions at the border as the government's longer-term child shelters and family detention centers fill up.

Why it matters: Each of eight "pods" in the so-called soft-sided facility has a 260-person occupancy, said Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), who provided the photos to Axios to raise awareness about the situation. But as of Sunday, he said, one pod held more than 400 unaccompanied male minors.

  • Because the Biden administration has restricted media coverage at housing facilities, images like these offer a rare window into conditions.

  • Cuellar, who recently visited a shelter for children, did not tour the Donna facility or take the photos himself. He said the photos were taken over the weekend.

    What they're saying: Cuellar described the setting as "terrible conditions for the children" and said they need to be moved more rapidly into the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.

  • Border Patrol agents are "doing the best they can under the circumstances" but are "not equipped to care for kids" and "need help from the administration," he said.

  • "We have to stop kids and families from making the dangerous trek across Mexico to come to the United States. We have to work with Mexico and Central American countries to have them apply for asylum in their countries."

    "I have said repeatedly from the very outset a Border Patrol station is no place for a child," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN on Sunday. "That is why we are working around the clock to move these children out of the Border Patrol facilities into the care and custody of the Department of Health and Human Services that shelters them."

    Photographs the White House would rather you not see.
    • Posted by:Besoeker

    #8  These people are incurably vile. Sick, cynical bastards who laugh at the trashing of our border and the destruction of our nation. See the latest?

    Journalist to Harris the Whore: Do you plan to visit the border?

    Harris TW: Um.. not today! [cackles sardonically]
    Posted by: Omavins Poodle3228   2021-03-22 22:47  

    #7  While the border situation may be planned by the democrats, it seems like the border patrol is slow walking illegals into the country. Wouldn’t Suprise me a few patriots doing their job on the border despite Biden.
    Posted by: Lonzo Hapsburg5562   2021-03-22 12:56  

    #6  Reminds me of when the Dems used photos from 2013 to blame Trump. And it's still his fault.
    Posted by: Bobby   2021-03-22 12:20  

    #5  Maybe Biden, Mayorkas and the rest of these jokers really are retarded. Possibly.

    It's also possible that this invasion is with their blessing-- by design. Which do you think is more likely?
    Posted by: Glans Wherens2156   2021-03-22 12:11  

    #4  El Campo de Los Santos: there's an 185,000 sq ft facility in Texas that now houses 3,000+ at any given moment.
    Posted by: Rupert Darling of the Mongol Horde4632   2021-03-22 12:08  

    #3  The people who voted for this also have no problem with the slave labor used to assemble their precious iPhones...
    Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-22 08:55  

    #2  Biden/Mayorkas/Psaki are all in so far over their heads
    Posted by: Frank G   2021-03-22 08:42  

    #1   Smart assed WH spokesperson Psaki acknowledges ‘big problem’ at border, blames Trump administration
    Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-22 08:02  

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