Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday released photos of the temporary facilities used to process migrant children crossing the U.S. southern border.
In the photos are crowded places, including children sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on carpets on the floor with aluminum blankets and on benches. In another photo, dozens of children are seen in a transparent pen, similar to a cage.
Temporary processing facilities in Donna, Texas, process family units and unaccompanied alien children (UACs) experienced and supervised by the U.S. Border Patrol. The facility strengthens the processing capacity in the HPC while renovating the permanent central processing center in McAllen.
(CBP)
The release of the photos comes after the White House and CBP were pressured about the fact that the media did not have access to these facilities. President Biden’s government has cited coronavirus protocols as the reason the press is not allowed.
Temporary processing facilities in Donna, Texas, process family units and unaccompanied alien children (UACs) experienced and supervised by the U.S. Border Patrol. The facility strengthens the processing capacity in the HPC while renovating the permanent central processing center in McAllen.
(CBP)
Temporary processing facilities in Donna, Texas, process family units and unaccompanied alien children (UACs) experienced and supervised by the U.S. Border Patrol. The facility strengthens the processing capacity in the HPC while renovating the permanent central processing center in McAllen.
(CBP)
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In a statement accompanying the photos, the CBP said it was working to strike a balance between the need for public transparency and accountability. ‘
“CBP continues to transfer unaccompanied minor children so quickly and efficiently to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after they were trapped at the Southwest border,” CBP said in a statement Tuesday.
The agency continued: “In order to protect the health and safety of our staff and those in our care, we continue to discourage external visitors to our facilities; however, CBP works to balance the need for public transparency and accountability. now available at the Donna Processing Center in Donna, Texas, and the Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. ‘
The photos released by CBP also show a series of port-a-pots apparently used as toilet facilities for the children, as well as an artificial turf field with a few hula hoops presumably as a play area.
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The office of Representative Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, on Monday released photos of the same center in Donna, Texas, as the media is trying to gain better access to the southern border and the Biden government continues to deny that the border situation is a crisis.
“More needs to be done to address this growing humanitarian crisis,” he said. tweeted. “These migrant children need our help at the moment. Not later. ‘
Temporary processing facilities in Donna, Texas, process family units and unaccompanied alien children (UACs) experienced and supervised by the U.S. Border Patrol. The facility strengthens the processing capacity in the HPC while renovating the permanent central processing center in McAllen.
(CBP)
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that the government was “finalizing details” to allow the press to see the processing centers containing minors.