WASHINGTON – Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Sunday defended conditions at U.S. Border Patrol stations following reports of crowded and unsanitary conditions that have heightened debate about President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, a trademark issue for his reelection campaign. “Border Patrol, and others in Law Enforcement, have been doing a great job. “We have pediatricians in border patrol stations for the first time in history trying to help address conditions where children are coming across 300 a day in … April and May,” McAleenan said. We’ve put them both in Donna, Texas, in South Texas as well as in El Paso to provide additional space. None of those have been substantiated.”He said everyone in the chain of command is worried about the situation of children detained at the border.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 07, 2019 22:52 UTC