Leaked Images Reveal Children Warehoused in Crowded U.S.
Cells, Border Patrol Overwhelmed
by Brandon Darby 5 Jun 2014, 5:00
AM PDT
HOUSTON, Texas — Breitbart Texas obtained internal federal government photos
depicting the conditions of foreign children warehoused by authorities on U.S. soil on
Wednesday night. Thousands of illegal immigrants have overrun U.S. border security and their processing
centers in Texas
along the U.S./Mexico border. Unaccompanied minors, including young girls under
the age of 12, are making the dangerous journey from Central America and Mexico, through cartel-controlled territories,
and across the porous border onto U.S. soil.
The photos illuminate the
conditions of the U.S. Border Patrol’s processing centers, as well as the
overwhelming task Border Patrol is facing.
Breitbart Texas Border Expert and
Contributing Editor Sylvia Longmire reviewed the photos.
“Given the deteriorating security
and economic conditions in the Central American countries where most of these
children and adult immigrants came from, it's hard to understand how DHS didn't
see this coming,” Longmire said. “The trend towards increased cross-border
movement towards south Texas and away from Arizona has been
apparent; the trend of Central Americans starting to outnumber Mexican crossers
has been apparent. Even worse is believing that DHS knew this was coming, but
didn't have the resources or ability to cut through bureaucratic red tape to
prepare more quickly.
“Now the results of this
mismanagement are thousands of individuals living in inhumane conditions for an
indeterminate period of time, as well as exhausted and overwhelmed Border
Patrol agents and CBP detention facilities," Longmire continued. "The
Obama administration's band-aid fix has been to ship a good portion of these
immigrants — many of whom are weak, emotionally vulnerable, sick, and confused
— to other sectors as far as San Diego county in California and release them
with no obligation other than to show up for a hearing in 15 days.
“Most of those released will
abscond and never show up for their hearings, taking their chances that ICE
won't have the time or resources to go looking for them," she added.
"Until they can get to where they want to go, they're overwhelming local
community resources in cities like Laredo, El Paso, and Tucson
that haven't had enough time to prepare for this ‘solution.' This is an awful
way to showcase what cartel and gang violence is doing to children and their
families in Central America, and it's a
humiliating example of what our government's inability to develop solid
immigration and border security policies can cause.”
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