Today, I interviewed Rio Grande Valley pediatrician Marsha Griffin about her experiences visiting the McAllen border patrol processing center called “the Ursula,” where the children are separated from their parents in chain-link fence areas. 1/7
texasmonthly.com/news/pediatric… “In December of last year…we went in, what we saw was these enclosures, and the one right by us within six feet was an enclosure that was locked with around twenty or thirty ten-year-old boys who were crying and screaming and sobbing for their mothers.” 2/7

Today I spoke with Anne Chandler, executive director of @tahirihjustice Houston office, about the child-parent separation happening right now. Anne and her colleagues assist immigrant women and children, and she gave me some insight into what she’s been seeing: 1/6 @tahirihjustice “In the shelters, they can’t even find the parents because the kids are just crying inconsolably, they often don’t know the full legal name of their parents or their date of birth. They’re not in a position to share a trauma story like what caused the migration.” 2/6