Some of the men shouted to reporters that they were hungry or wanted to brush their teeth. The Texas facility had no shower until Thursday, a federal agent said.
Almost 400 migrant men were so severely packed into detention cages at a Texas border facility Friday that they could not lie down on the concrete floor at the same time to sleep, according to a report from a pool of reporters traveling with Vice President Mike Pence. There were no cots, mats or pillows for them to sleep on, and several men said that they had been in the cages, largely unwashed, for 40 days.VP saw 384 men sleeping inside fences, on concrete w/no pillows or mats.
Story continues“Look, this is tough stuff,” Pence at a news conference later, The Associated Press reported. “I knew we’d see a system that is overcrowded. It’s overwhelmed and that’s why Congress has to act.” Pence’s office had said the tour was an effort to show that the Trump administration is providing adequate care for migrants, but it didn’t appear to work out that way. Reporters were whisked out of the facility 90 seconds after arriving, according to AP.
A group of men detained behind chain link fencing shouted to news cameras,"No shower, no shower!" https://t.co/iysmT8IUE1 pic.twitter.com/35KKyxb6w8President Donald Trump said earlier in the day that he sent Pence to the border to dispel reports of dire conditions at the centers.
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