AOC: Women Are Being Forced To Drink From Toilets At Texas Concentration Camp
by William James
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the hellish conditions that she encountered at one of Trump's camps.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
Just left the 1st CBP facility.
I see why CBP officers were being so physically &sexually threatening towards me.
Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets.
This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.
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1:32 PM - Jul 1, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
Now I’ve seen the inside of these facilities.
It’s not just the kids. It’s everyone. People drinking out of toilets, officers laughing in front of members Congress.
I brought it up to their superiors. They said “officers are under stress & act out sometimes.” No accountability.
1:42 PM - Jul 1, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
After I forced myself into a cell w/ women&began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as “psychological warfare” - waking them at odd hours for no reason, calling them wh*res, etc.
Tell me what about that is due to a “lack of funding?”
1:49 PM - Jul 1, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
After I forced myself into a cell w/ women&began speaking to them, one of them described their treatment at the hands of officers as “psychological warfare” - waking them at odd hours for no reason, calling them wh*res, etc.
Tell me what about that is due to a “lack of funding?”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
Now I’m on my way to Clint, where the Trump admin was denying children toothpaste and soap.
This has been horrifying so far. It is hard to understate the enormity of the problem. We’re talking systemic cruelty w/ a dehumanizing culture that treats them like animals.
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1:57 PM - Jul 1, 2019
Judy Chu
?@RepJudyChu
"If you want water, just drink from a toilet." That's what border patrol told one thirsty woman we met on today's #DemsAtTheBorder trip. These are the same CBP personnel who threatened to throw burritos at members of Congress. Changes must be made. #DontLookAway
2:41 PM - Jul 1, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
What’s haunting is that the women I met with today told me in no uncertain terms that they would experience retribution for telling us what they shared.
They all began sobbing - out of fear of being punished, out of sickness, out of desperation, lack of sleep, trauma, despair.
4:08 PM - Jul 1, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
?@AOC
CBP made us check our phones.
But one woman slipped me this packet to take with me.
It says “shampoo,” but she told me that this is all they give women to wash their entire body. Nothing else.
Some women’s hair was falling out. Others had gone 15 days without taking a shower. |
