The MORAL BANKRUPTCY OF A NATION!
This is a DISGRACE!
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Border Patrol agents 'telling migrants to drink from toilet' at US detention camps, as squalid conditions exposed
‘We were told it’s OK to drink out of the toilet – that’s potable water,’ one woman told Democrats touring Texas facilitieshttps://www.independent.co.uk/…/us-border-patrol-migrants-d…
‘We were told it’s OK to drink out of the toilet – that’s potable water,’ one woman told Democrats touring Texas facilitieshttps://www.independent.co.uk/…/us-border-patrol-migrants-d…
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Earlier today a story by A.C. Thompson at ProPublica broke, showing a secret Facebook group with a membership of around 9,500 Border Patrol members. The story highlighted racist, callous, and intensely misogynistic responses to news stories and officials speaking out about our current border crisis. One of the memes created and shared in this social media group included a pornographic and pro-rape depiction of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. These Facebook posts were exposed as more than a dozen Democratic representatives went down to visit the border as a part of a trip organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. After retweeting the article, Ocasio-Cortez began to give her thoughts on the matter.
Just left the 1st CBP facility.
I see why CBP officers were being so physically &sexually threatening towards me.
Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets.
This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.
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AOC told reporters that she was not going to cancel her trip, that she would not be deterred by the grotesque displays of small-minded border patrol snowflakes.
There are 20,000 TOTAL Customs & Border Patrol agents in the US.
9,500 - almost HALF that number - are in a racist & sexually violent secret CBP Facebook group.
They’re threatening violence on members of Congress. How do you think they’re treating caged children+families? twitter.com/charlesornstei…
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez also gave a blow-by-blow of what she is seeing—and it’s as horrifying as you imagine.
Now I’ve seen the inside of these facilities.
It’s not just the kids. It’s everyone. People drinking out of toilets, officers laughing in front of members Congress.
I brought it up to their superiors. They said “officers are under stress & act out sometimes.” No accountability.
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After I forced myself into a cell w/ women&began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as “psychological warfare” - waking them at odd hours for no reason, calling them wh*res, etc.
Tell me what about that is due to a “lack of funding?”
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, also a critic of ICE and our detention practices, says it best.
When we talk about agencies that are rotted to the core THIS is what we mean. CBP officers are charged with the care & custody of babies and families who they degrade and dehumanize. Don’t doubt I’ll be raising this today at Clint. Loudly. #closethecamps twitter.com/propublica/sta…
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