Show Notes
Federal courts have ruled that migrant children inside the United States must be housed in “safe and sanitary” accommodation. So what explains the conditions at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Tex.? Guest: Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
Background reading:
- Soiled clothes, no diapers and no access to showers or soap — read more about the conditions that migrant children faced in an overcrowded border station in Texas.
- The authorities emptied the station, then moved more than 100 children back in. A Times reporter toured the site last week.
- Congress sent President Trump a $4.6 billion border aid package that left Democratic lawmakers badly divided.
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