With such little information being provided by the government of the conflict occurring in Texas, no other than Twitter seems to have all of the updates. I gathered ten tweets to summarize the situation that is currently happening in McAllen Texas in regards to Trump's zero-tolerance policy.
1.
https://twitter.com/davidcicilline/status/1008478570732236800
Conditions of a detention center in McAllen, Texas were reported to be abusive to the undocumented children that were being held there by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. When word got out, no photos were permitted to be released.
2.
https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1008496331416047617
Images were finally released by the groups running these centers. Considering these photos were released with the intention to put their best foot forward, it was surprising to see these children being kept in cages and sleeping on mats on the floor with foil blankets.
3.
https://twitter.com/AntonioArellano/status/1008710814851837952
The government then released an even more shocking video where you can hear the cries and screams from young children over footage of kids being moved between cages and locked up.
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1008461507196174336
The Associated Press began sharing details on what they could report. A highlight from their write up includes information from a 16-year-old girl who took on the responsibility of taking care of other children she had never met before over multiple days.
5.
https://twitter.com/repmarkpocan/status/1008451995844440065
Government representatives began involving themselves in this issue but efforts were inconclusive.
6.
https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1008424909083725828
Hundreds of people gathered to protest the mistreatment of these children.
7.
https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1009096491858841600
But concerns for the status and well being of these children were still unclear.
8.
https://twitter.com/jorgeramosnews/status/1009166304765403137
Consistent updates were not provided, however, bits of what seem like horror stories continued to surface.
9.
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1009232974913638400
Some even gained national attention like Trump's former campaign manager remarking "womp womp" in response to a young girl with down syndrome being separated from her mother and detained in this center.
10.
https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1008731304559632385
And the government is still unapologetically abusing the rights of these young human beings.
AJ+ provides more information in a thread where they reference Barbara Bush describing Trump's zero-tolerance policy as "cruel" and "immoral," statistics on the effects US immigration policies have contributed to, and updates on Trump's initiatives.
