Government moves migrant kids after poor conditions exposed

[Arkansas Granny]

The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 kids were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.

Rep. Veronica Escobar said 30 children were at the facility near El Paso as of Monday. Her office was briefed on the situation by an official with Customs and Border Protection.

Attorneys who visited the station in Clint, Texas last week said older children were trying to take care of infants and toddlers, The Associated Press first reported Thursday. Some had been detained for three weeks, and 15 children were sick with the flu.

It’s unclear where all the children have been moved. But Escobar said some were sent to another facility in El Paso.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/government-moves-migrant-kids-after-poor-conditions-exposed/2019/06/24/57ac9bcc-96a3-11e9-9a16-dc551ea5a43b_story.html?utm_term=.3e056953c244

Short article. No more at link.

[TygrBright]

1. And now the shell game begins. John 3:20 n/t

[UniteFightBack]

2. Move them to federal property and then nobody can see wtf is going on! nt

[Still In Wisconsin]

4. Good thinking! Also, I bet those fine people from We Build the Wall

would be willing to guard them for free. Problem: solved!

just in case.

[Scarsdale]

15. Yeah, right.

The people in charge are getting $70.00 per day, per child.

[csziggy]

17. Move your decimal point over one - they are getting $700 a day per child

But that is for the longer term facilities, I believe. The children being held at Clint were still under Border Patrol control (I started to type "care" but they were NOT being cared for) which I don't think is one of the private corporation run facilities.

[tblue37]

23. $775.00. nt

[csziggy]

25. I thought it was around $750 but I knew it was at least $700

Thanks!

[pangaia]

5. tell me about it.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Yep. Out of sight, out of mind.

I emailed both of my Senators (Tom Cotton and John Boozman) about this matter when the report came out about the conditions where these children were being held. I received replies that thanked me for writing and reiterated Trump's immigration policies. They very pointedly ignored my concerns.

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. So where to hide them next?

Lots of empty former Walmart stores, with all the new Super Walmarts that have been built over the past ten years. All they will need is some chain link fencing to build the new cages. Or, I suppose, they could move the old ones.

[TruckFump]

8. Wonder what's available next to Mara Loco?

If the conditions in the Detention Camps are soooooooooooo great then the orange asshole should not object to have one of these Summer Camps right next to his private club.

[monmouth4]

10. I believe it's a Russian-owned very large house, plenty of room...n/t

[TruckFump]

21. Totally perfect!!!! EOM

[Takket]

9. Mass graves?

[Still In Wisconsin]

13. Sure, right after they shower. n/t

[Solly Mack]

6. K&R

[lpbk2713]

11. They were moved to a location that doesn't get inspected so much.

That way CBP didn't have to lift a finger to help.

[AJT]

12. Is it 300 or 30?.....that's a big difference

The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 kids were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.

Rep. Veronica Escobar said 30 children were at the facility near El Paso as of Monday. Her office was briefed on the situation by an official with Customs and Border Protection.

[charliea]

16. It's not a big difference to me...

Anything over 0 is something to fight about...


#RESIST

[AJT]

19. I am just saying that it is poor journalism to have 2 such different numbers.

Of course it doesn't matter morally.

[SMC22307]

22. "AS OF" Monday.

I read that as 300 were there initially, but AS OF Monday, the number of kids was down to 30.

[DallasNE]

14. So Now We Are Playing Shell Games With Sick Children

How does hiding them from a camera view improve their lot. Doubling down on a sick policy just makes it more sick.

[BarbD]

18. Follow the money.

With this administration, it's always about the money. They create a crisis so someone can make a buck. When the window to truth is opened, they play shell games. Disgusting!

[CaptainTruth]

20. Moved them to Trumpschwitz?

[NBachers]

24. Some are getting sex trafficked, the remainder are getting shoved out of planes over the ocean.

School of the Americas style

[Arazi]

26. Just a guess that moving all these kids cost more than showers, clean clothes and toothbrushes