Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

BIDEN MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABL­E FOR ‘NIGHTMARE’ CONDITIONS AT MIGRANT FACILITIES: PROJECT VERITAS

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Unsettling images of migrant children being kept in inhospitab­le facilities in Texas will hopefully prompt the media to press the Biden administra­tion about the crisis at the US border, Project Veritas has told RT. Photos reportedly taken from inside a temporary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in Donna, Texas, show children living in cramped, inhospitab­le, makeshift tent shelters. Separated into groups using plastic sheet dividers, the children are seen curled up on the floor, with only foil blankets to keep them warm.

Nick Givas, managing editor of the conservati­ve media watchdog group, said that the disturbing images, some of which were provided to Project Veritas by a source, have sparked a debate about what is going on at the US border, and raised serious questions about why the “nightmare” conditions at these facilities have been “shrouded in secrecy.”

But the photograph­s might not fully relay the severity of the situation. According to Project Veritas’ source,

According to Project Veritas’ source, 50 of the migrants held at the facility are Covidposit­ive, and sexual as well as physical assaults at the holding center have become routine

50 of the migrants held at the facility are Covid-positive, and sexual as well as physical assaults at the holding center have become routine. The outlet is still awaiting comment from several relevant agencies, Givas said, adding that he was shocked by how the scandal has so far been “nearly ignored” by the government. He told RT that he believed the situation could be far worse than the photos suggest.

He said that the media must do more to ensure that the Biden administra­tion is held to account.

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