Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma tweeted a video Friday of one border facility in Donna, Texas, holding illegal immigrants — and the sights it reveals are truly petrifying.
Based on Lankford’s statistics, the Donna, Texas, facility is currently operating at nearly 9 times its intended capacity. Lankford tweeted a “side-by-side” comparison Thursday as well, comparing his recent experience with his 2019 trip to the border — while former President Donald Trump was in office.
The 709 illegal immigrants Lankford mentioned, most of them unaccompanied minors and family units, are continuously crammed into border facilities like the one the senator showcased as a result of the immigration policy of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Mayorkas stated in a news release last week that the DHS is expelling most single adults as well as family units, but “not expelling unaccompanied children.” Unfortunately for Mayorkas, this initially compassionate policy has actually forced Border Patrol agencies to keep over 13,000 unaccompanied minors in custody and has put one border facility at 729 percent capacity.
These policies aren’t “humane” or sympathetic, especially not...
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