Spent the morning in TX at Clint and El Paso detention facilities. Big takeaways -- 1) @CBP was very resistant to Congressional oversight. They tried to restrict what we saw, take our phones, block photos and video. Atmosphere was contentious and uncooperative.

Spent the morning in TX at Clint and El Paso detention facilities. Big takeaways -- 1) @CBP was very resistant to Congressional oversight. They tried to restrict what we saw, take our phones, block photos and video. Atmosphere was contentious and uncooperative.

— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) July 1, 2019

Rep. Joe Kennedy III‏Verified account @RepJoeKennedy 11h11 hours ago
2) Facilities are wholly inadequate. Cells maxed to capacity, concrete floors...It felt jail-like. No way to keep a child or innocent human being. Group of 13 women from Cuba were in tears when we spoke with them.
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Rep. Joe Kennedy III‏Verified account @RepJoeKennedy 11h11 hours ago
3) The entire system is broken, rotten and rife with abuse. And Trump doubles down on it despite the growing horror -- child detention, metering, Remain in Mexico, threatened ICE raids. Every action he takes exacerbates and entrenches the humanitarian crisis at our nation's feet.
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Rep. Joe Kennedy III‏Verified account @RepJoeKennedy 11h11 hours ago
Our oversight is not deterred. Congress won't let up.