'Right now, we have a situation where there is abject cruelty, a culture of criminalization, inhumanity and dehumanization,' one advocate says.
That's not the conclusion of Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a policy analyst at the American Immigration Council. He was part of a litigation team that helped file a class-action lawsuit during the Obama administration against the Tucson, Arizona, Customs and Border Protection sector over conditions in its border holding facility. The lawsuit that detailed poor conditions still is in the courts.
"What we've never seen before is the level of overcrowding, the length of time people have been held in the cells and the sheer inhumanity of the treatment," he said.operated during President George W. Bush's tenure after complaints about conditions there. Overcrowding in a room for adult males at the Border Patrol's McAllen, Texas, facility on June 10, 2019. Faces blurred by source.After her visit to the Clint facility, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said migrant women told her they were instructed to drink from the toilet.
But she said “there’s no question things have gotten worse” as Trump has pushed deterrence as part of his immigration and asylum policies. Ojeda said she overhead one woman in a video posted by Castro say she has been held for 50 days in the facility. Having to remain that long in custody, “really shocks the conscience,” she said.
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