CBP AGENT TELLS CNN HIS SUPERVISOR JOKED ABOUT 'RUNNING OVER ILLEGALS,' SLAMS 'FILTHY' DETENTION CENTERS
BY JASON LEMON ON 7/3/19 AT 9:35 AM EDT Newsweek

This week, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York toured a detention center, describing in detail what she witnessed on Twitter. "Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets," she wrote.

An anonymous veteran Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent sat down for an interview with CNN to call out the agency he works for over its alleged mistreatment of migrants under its custody.

Describing the conditions in the detention centers, the veteran agent said they were "filthy." Although he explained that they have a maintenance cleaning crew, he said he'd never seen vital parts of the migrants' cells cleaned.

"I have never seen them cleaning counters, or cleaning toilets in the cells, or cleaning sinks in the cells," he explained. The agent also said that many migrants were forced to keep "wearing the same clothing for days."
https://www.newsweek.com/cbp-agent-supervisor-joked-running-over-illegals-filthy-detention-centers-1447328

Lawmakers, including Ocasio-Cortez, lash out over conditions following border facility tours
Priscilla Alvarez byline
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Updated 8:33 AM ET, Tue July 2, 2019

Clint, Texas (CNN)Democratic members of Congress expressed outrage Monday over the growing humanitarian crisis on the southern border after touring two Texas border facilities prompted by reports of deteriorating conditions.

They described horrific circumstances at facilities on the same day the investigative news organization ProPublica revealed a closed Facebook group in which current and former Border Patrol agents reportedly share jokes about migrant deaths, derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers and a lewd meme involving at least one of them. The posts have been turned over to the Department of Homeland Security inspector general, said US Border Patrol Chief of Operations Brian Hastings.

"People (are) drinking out of toilets, officers laughing in front of members Congress," Ocasio-Cortez said in a series of tweets. "I brought it up to their superiors," she said in one tweet. "They said 'officers are under stress & act out sometimes.' No accountability.

Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with CNN that she did not feel safe.
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