Texas congressman Tony Gonzales is sounding the alarm at the border.
According to a report from The New York Post, during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales said he saw conditions at one processing center in Texas he’d “never seen before” with more than 500 migrants to one “pod” that typically holds about 100 people.
From The New York Post:
“You know, I was just in El Paso a few days ago, and what I saw at the migrant center I had never seen before. I have visited- I had visited the processing center there many times,” he told host Margaret Brennan, adding “There’s one bathroom, the odor is terrible. And there’s eight pods in there. And so those are the good conditions.
“Outside just above the hill, there’s a thousand, a little over 1,000 migrants waiting in outdoor conditions, not to mention the people that are waiting by the bridge and elsewhere.
“It’s a very dire situation in El Paso.”
The cell phone footage played by CBS and provided by Gonzales shows migrants from a couple days ago crammed into a space with many on cots right besides each other while others are standing and huddled together.
“What I saw shocked me and I wanted to share that with the world. It’s not about politics,” Gonzales said. “It’s not about you know, trying to create this image that isn’t there. This is the reality. This is the facts. We’re not even at the worst of it yet.”
Trump-era border policy Title 42 is set to end on December 21st, raising concerns that a migrant flood —even more significant than what border officials are already seeing —may be on the way.
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