Friday, March 19, 2021

Not a good look

(DHS) Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas and a group of bipartisan senators will travel to El Paso, Texas, to view Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations and to receive a briefing on how unaccompanied minors are being processed, transferred and sheltered.

In a statement, DHS said the visit would be closed to the press due to “privacy and COVID-19 precautions.”

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The White House has faced growing frustration from journalists and refugee advocates seeking access to the CBP facilities in order to assess the living conditions.

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The Biden administration is turning away adult migrants, but the decision to allow unaccompanied minors to stay in the country as their immigration status is processed has created a strain on the system and provoked worries about the well-being of children in U.S. custody.

Thousands of children are being kept in CBP cells meant for adults for days longer than is legally allowed. Mayorkas has called the facilities “no place for a child.”

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said this week the administration would make members of the envoy that briefed Biden available to the press at some point. She said the White House would consider ways to allow for “a pool of media to be able to have your own videos or get your own footage of these facilities.”

“We remain committed to transparency and are considering potential options and we hope to have an update soon,” Psaki said.

  The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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