Ocasio Visits CBP Camp

Customs and Border Protection Camp

Ocasio-Cortez visited a Texas camp housing illegal immigrants today, She reported back the conditions on the inside via Twitter:

Just left the (first) CBP facility. I see why CBP officers were being so physically & sexually threatening towards me . Officers were keeping women in cells (with) no water (and) had told them to drink out of the toilets. This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.

Now I’ve seen the inside of these facilities. It’s not just the kids. It’s everyone. People drinking out of toilets, officers laughing in front of members Congress. I brought it up to their superiors. They said “officers are under stress (and) act out sometimes.” No accountability.

After I forced myself into a cell with women and began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as “psychological warfare” - waking them at odd hours for no reason, calling them whores, etc. Tell me what about that is due to a “lack of funding?”