You know how like 2/3 of the country is freezing right now?
Well, that cold didn’t stop at the border. And there are thousands of asylum seekers living in tents in Matamoros because CBP sent them back under MPP.
One of them is gravely ill. CBP is apparently refusing to help.👇
Well, that cold didn’t stop at the border. And there are thousands of asylum seekers living in tents in Matamoros because CBP sent them back under MPP.
One of them is gravely ill. CBP is apparently refusing to help.👇
@CBPMarkMorgan testified under oath today that if people in MPP have “any concern [] all they have to do is come to a port of entry and express that and they'll be given due process."
As these details from @immcouncil’s Katy Murdza show—he was dead wrong.
As these details from @immcouncil’s Katy Murdza show—he was dead wrong.
After significant advocacy, and hours waiting in the cold rain, CBP has apparently let the family in!
Think how many people it took to get CBP to act.
Now imagine if there are no cameras or American lawyers there. What do you think would have happened?
Think how many people it took to get CBP to act.
Now imagine if there are no cameras or American lawyers there. What do you think would have happened?
Just because the family has been taken into the port of entry doesn’t mean they’re in the clear.
As their lawyer @JodiGoodwin17 says, CBP still hasn’t said whether they will parole the family in.
CBP could still send the family back to Mexico too.
As their lawyer @JodiGoodwin17 says, CBP still hasn’t said whether they will parole the family in.
CBP could still send the family back to Mexico too.
More detail on what happened with the family tonight.
It seems pretty clear that without reporters, advocates, and doctors waiting outside the port for hours in the rain and arguing with CBP, the family would not have been let in.
It seems pretty clear that without reporters, advocates, and doctors waiting outside the port for hours in the rain and arguing with CBP, the family would not have been let in.
The poor kid apparently had sepsis! Fingers crossed CBP takes him to the hospital immediately.
How many other children are freezing across the border tonight because we sent them back to Mexico?
How many other children are freezing across the border tonight because we sent them back to Mexico?
CBP has agreed to parole the family in and they are going directly to the hospital. Amazing!
@lperezdavis, who was there, told me the kid got an infection last week and was barely conscious.
Right now, the situation we created in Matamoros is terrible.
@lperezdavis, who was there, told me the kid got an infection last week and was barely conscious.
Right now, the situation we created in Matamoros is terrible.
