{"id":317973,"date":"2021-08-07T02:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T23:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/photos-show-cramped-migrants-at-texas-border-facility\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T02:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T23:21:16","slug":"photos-show-cramped-migrants-at-texas-border-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/photos-show-cramped-migrants-at-texas-border-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"#Photos show cramped migrants at Texas border facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Photos show cramped migrants at Texas border facility<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Video shot inside a Texas migrant facility shows people crowded into plastic-covered cubes, as border crossings increase and COVID-19 cases soar.<\/p>\n<p>The video, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/migrant-center-donna-texas-images-cramped-conditions\">obtained by Fox News<\/a>,  shows a Donna, Texas, facility packed with people wearing masks lying shoulder to shoulder on  small mats and cots. <\/p>\n<p>Some use foil blankets. Others sit nearby in benched seating areas.<\/p>\n<p>There is little furniture or space to distance within the sections, which come equipped with mounted televisions. Each \u201cpod\u201d is covered in draped plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the closed-in areas, people sit close to one another in rows \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently on the floor appearing to wait for some type of processing or treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The busy facility represents a stark contrast to images released by DHS in the spring that showed the pods mostly empty at what appears to be the same facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Donna facility has been expanded to speed up processing of migrants, though there are still more than 5,300 people in custody, according to Fox, which cited a border patrol source.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"wpcom-iframe-62b1f50f951aaa7e7bac9d266c143632\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/62b1f50f951aaa7e7bac9d266c143632\" scrolling=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>US Customs and Border Protection reportedly picked up 19,000 unaccompanied children at the border with Mexico last month alone. On Wednesday, over 830 unaccompanied kids were reportedly stopped by officials.<\/p>\n<p>Under current federal policy, children who are taken into custody are to be transferred to the care of the Department of Health and Human Services within three days, then tested for the coronavirus before further processing.<\/p>\n<p>The kids are then released to parents or relatives within the US.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Overcrowded Immigration facility in Donna Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-19053458 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Video shows undocumented immigrants being squished inside a facility in Donna, Texas. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Overcrowded Immigration facility in Donna Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-19053510 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Approximately 5,300 undocumented immigrants are in custody inside the Donna, Texas, facility. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans seized on the images to bash the administration with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz hashtagging #BidenBorderCrisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids are packed in cages and Joe Biden doesn\u2019t care,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1423735535667929090\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has clashed with Biden over the governor\u2019s anti-restriction approach, went after the president this week and sought to tie the migrant surge to increasing virus cases although experts have said there isn\u2019t evidence to back up a link.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a guy who ran for president saying he was going to, quote, shut down the virus and what has he done?\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s imported more virus from around over the world by having a wide-open southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"347\" alt=\"Overcrowded Immigration facility in Donna Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-19053525 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Donna3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption>Republicans accused Biden of bringing in COVID-infected migrants into the US. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWho knows what new variants are out there but I can tell whatever variants are across the world they\u2019re coming across that southern border,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cAnd so he\u2019s not shutting down the virus he\u2019s helping to facilitate in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The facility in Donna became a concern in March, when images surfaced showing packed conditions during a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> blackout at the detention centers. It led to White House press pecretary Jen Psaki to say border detention facilities are \u201cnot places made for children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Associated Press reporters later toured the facility, it was reported to be packed with more than 4,100 people. The facility was reportedly supposed to have a 250-person capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration had planned to move $860 million in COVID-relief funds to pay for pandemic-related costs for migrant children.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The video, obtained by Fox News, shows a Donna, Texas, facility packed with people wearing masks lying shoulder to shoulder on small mats and cots. 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