An Astonishing Government Report on Conditions at the Border
Federal investigators detailed dangerous overcrowding and long detention times at Border Patrol facilities in Texas.
Adults and children are strewn across the floor behind fencing; some are covered by mylar blankets—aluminum-foil-like sheets designed to keep the cold out in cool temperatures and to deflect the heat in warm temperatures—others are lying uncovered on the cement. Then there are the men and women and children behind glass windows, and the doors marked Holding cell. Some wear face masks, and one man holds a sign that reads Help.
These are images included in , released yesterday, by
