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SCOOP: Government inspectors who visited several facilities in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this month found adults and minors with no access to showers, some adults held in standing-room conditions for a week, severe-overcrowding:
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The inspectors compiled a draft report, obtained by BuzzFeed News, that described the conditions as dangerous and prolonged. There was little access to hot showers or hot food for families and children in some facilities. Some kids were being held in closed cells.
The draft report was written by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and addressed to the acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan. It comes after inspectors visited five border facilities and two ports of entry during the week of June 10.
At the centralized processing center in McAllen, Texas, 165 unaccompanied children had been in detention for longer than a week as they awaited to be sent to shelters that care for migrant kids. More than 50 of them were younger than 7 years old.
Most single adults had not showered for nearly a month while in CBP custody, the report said. Instead, wet wipes were handed out to maintain hygiene. Many single adults were being fed only bologna sandwiches, leading to some having medical issues like constipation.
At one facility, officials ended their visit early.
“Specifically, when detainees observed us, they banged on the cell windows, shouted, pressed notes to the window with their time in custody, and gestured to evidence of their time in custody (e.g. beards),” the report reads.
“Specifically, when detainees observed us, they banged on the cell windows, shouted, pressed notes to the window with their time in custody, and gestured to evidence of their time in custody (e.g. beards),” the report reads.
