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Sun Jun 23, 2019, 04:44 PM Jun 2019

Texas Republican: Migrant conditions in his state the 'worst' he's seen

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Texas Republican: Migrant conditions in his state the 'worst' he's seen
By Zack Budryk - 06/23/19 01:31 PM EDT


Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that conditions in migrant detention facilities in the Lone Star State were the “worst” he’s ever seen.

“I've been down there throughout my 15 years in Congress and before that, as a federal prosecutor. This is the worst I've ever seen it, and it has to be taken care of,” McCaul said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”


McCaul also expressed agreement with Vice President Mike Pence, who, during an earlier appearance on the show, said dangerous, unsanitary conditions in detention facilities were the fault of congressional inaction.

“I think at a minimum … we have to pass humanitarian aid to take care of these children,” McCaul told CBS’s Margaret Brennan.

He added that while he would prefer to tie humanitarian aid to other border security measures, “if my choice on the minority side is to vote up or down on a compassionate, humanitarian package, that's what I'm going to do because it's the right thing to do.”


McCaul’s comments came in the wake of reports that four toddlers were sent to the hospital last week after being held at a detention facility.

House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who appeared on the CBS program before McCaul, said resolving immigration issues would require a “humane” approach that Democrats do not trust President Trump to implement.

“There is a crisis on the border, no question. The president’s policies have contributed to that crisis,” Smith said.
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