The Border Crisis Is Not Just About Racism. Follow The Money
Meanwhile, many of these migrants who crossed through our southern border remain in various detention centers—which many have likened to concentration camps—across the nation, and the situation is only worsening. Immigrant detentions are surging: 132,887 migrants were apprehended this May, the most in any single month since 2006. This has led to severe overcrowding that exacerbates already-appalling camp conditions. Lawyers and members of Congress who have been able to enter the camps have seen detainees without access to showers, clean clothes, and hot food—accompanying near-endless allegations of abuse in recent years....