Inside a CBP facility in Texas, photo by Rep. Joaquin Castro (Twitter)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) smuggled a camera into a Border Patrol facility to document the conditions, a colleague explained on Monday.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was also on the tour and explained Castro's actions.
"Members of Congress had to surrender their phones before today’s CBP trip," Ocasio-Cortez explained. "But Joaquin Castro was able to get a device in."
"This photo is of the women we spoke to," she continued. "We asked their permission to photograph - they said yes, please share what’s happening."
All Americans must help to change this system. Thank you to the members who attended today: @RepEscobar,… https://t.co/Y0BqJDDhjb— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024008.0
Here’s another photo from inside taken by @JoaquinCastrotx, where we’re trying to comfort women trapped in cells.… https://t.co/6h0iuKKuLa— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1562028215.0
Here is his full report from the facility:
Our border patrol system is broken. And part of the reason it stays broken is because it’s kept secret. The America… https://t.co/5CUyB3la7a— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024004.0
Here’s what we found: At the El Paso Border Patrol Station #1, women from Cuba, some grandmothers, crammed into a… https://t.co/5CrOqmKhqy— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024004.0
Many said they had not bathed for 15 days. Some had been separated from children, some had been held for more than… https://t.co/IVxlXnI0B8— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024005.0
They asked us to take down their names and let everyone know they need help. They also feared retribution. We then… https://t.co/x39diYitMo— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024005.0
The tents outside, used during the surge recently, were dark and surrounded by chain link fences. The showers — mob… https://t.co/xXYCkJy8oC— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024005.0
And a boy, perhaps three years old, pressed his face against the dirty glass of a locked steel door. He smiled big… https://t.co/z3Tulv1a9D— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024006.0
There are many good agents — men and women working earnestly to care for the people in their custody. But they are… https://t.co/pF7yFRByQ2— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024006.0
All Americans must help to change this system. Thank you to the members who attended today: @RepEscobar,… https://t.co/Y0BqJDDhjb— Joaquin Castro (@Joaquin Castro) 1562024008.0
