Kevin McAleenan wants emergency resources. But the agency is not alleviating a humanitarian crisis; it is exacerbating one.
Yesterday, I woke to the news that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen had resigned and would be replaced by Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan. McAleenan’s appointment comes on the heels of his recent trip to the border, where he staged a dramatic press conference. Claiming the situation was at a “breaking point,” McAleenan said his agency was facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
Their mother shared that both Julia and Oscar were traumatized as a result of the incident. Julia was afraid to return to Tijuana, and scared to attend school for fear that the police were going to arrest her. These recent examples are just the tip of the iceberg for the unjust, unnecessary, and inhumane treatment meted out by CBP. I have met and witnessed thousands of people who have faced brutality at the hands of border agents, and who have languished in detention facilities.
Families are being detained in high numbers at the border because the Trump administration is arbitrarily detaining asylum seekers who normally would be released while their claims were being processed, and also doing everything in their power to make it harder for people fleeing violence and persecution to access asylum. Giving CBP more money will simply mean that they can expand their capacity to detain migrants and militarize border communities.
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