Thread by @RepMaloney

At McAllen Border Patrol station. I’ve been told that this is the first stop and that 2,000 people came in yesterday that they have to process.

Joined by @RepGonzalez who represents the district we are in and @RepSarbanes. The things we have witnessed are heartbreaking.

Interpreters have been called in to speak to those being held here. I’ve been told some people have been held for 60 days with no access to showers or toothbrushes. Sleeping on concrete floors. One man said he was covered with bugs.

Now visiting the Catholic Charities Respite Center. Migrants travel here to spend one night and receive food, clothes, and other important goods. Sister Norma greets everyone with compassion and volunteers help migrants help them contact their families.

Everyone leaves the center with water and sandwiches. I’m told they help between 300-1000 migrants a day.

If anyone would like to help Sister Norma, visit
catholiccharitiesrgv.org to submit a volunteer request.

Spoke w a woman who fled Honduras after her brother was killed & gang members burned her store down when she could not pay for them to leave her alone. She paid $800 to pass the river, $5000 for passage to US & spent days in detention. Sadly so many others have similar stories.

Now with a woman for Nicaragua who says she was treated well in the immigration process, but knows others who say the process was violent.