Last night the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security released a damning report into conditions on the southern border.
Its worth emphasizing this point: this wasn’t a report by the Democrats or pro-migrants agency. This was the DHS’s own watchdog.
And what it saw wasn’t pretty. The report included these pictures, along with a plea that the DHS must urgently “address dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults in the Rio Grande Valley.”
The report says: “Senior managers at several facilities raised security concerns for their agents and the detainees. For example, one called the situation “a ticking time bomb.” Moreover, we ended our site visit at one Border Patrol facility early because our presence was agitating an already difficult situation.”
“Specifically, when detainees observed us, they banged on the cell windows, shouted, pressed notes to the window with their time in custody, and gestured to evidence of their time in custody (e.g., beards).”
It added: “We are concerned that overcrowding and prolonged detention represent an immediate risk to the health and safety of DHS agents and officers, and to those detained. At the time of our visits, Border Patrol management told us there had already been security incidents among adult males at multiple facilities.”
