House Democrat Henry Cuellar tosses Biden under the bus with immigrant centre pics

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Migrants held in overcrowded Texas facility, photos released by congressman show

Cuellar released images as Biden administration under growing pressure over border conditions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/22/migrant-detention-center-photos-texas-facility



The Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar has brought more pain for the Joe Biden administration on its border policy by releasing pictures of an overcrowded immigration facility in Texas where he said more than 400 male minors were being held in a section meant for 250.

The White House is under growing pressure over conditions at the southern border, where federal authorities are trying to cope with an increase in migrant crossings from Mexico, many by unaccompanied minors, while staying true to Biden’s promise to implement a more humane policy than that pursued by Donald Trump. Cuellar said the images showed a facility in Donna, Texas, that contained eight plastic-divided “pods” used to hold migrants. He said he did not visit the facility himself. The pictures showed migrants covered in foil blankets and lying on plastic mattresses.



Under US policy, children are not supposed to be held in custody for more than three days. More than 2,000 have currently passed that limit. Controversy is also mounting over the Biden administration’s refusal to allow press access to such border facilities. Cuellar gave the pictures to Axios and described “terrible conditions for the children”, who he said should be moved into the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Border patrol agents were “doing the best they can under the circumstances”, the congressman said, but were “not equipped to care for kids” and “need help from the administration”. “We have to stop kids and families from making the dangerous trek across Mexico to come to the United States,” Cuellar said. “We have to work with Mexico and Central American countries to have them apply for asylum in their countries.”

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the RW press has been using Cuellar as a weapon against Biden well before this





Cuellar is by far the worst Democratic House member. Deep blue district (never in history has it elected a Rethug) but he is an anti-LGBTQ bigot, a virulent forced-birther, voted with Trump almost 70% of the time in the 115th Congress, A- rated by the NRA, anti-immigrant, massively pro big oil, very poor on climate change, and anti green tech, he fundraised and campaigned for the RW racist Rethug climate change denialist John Carter, he is the biggest Dem recipient (and almost the biggest in the entire House) of funding by the Trump scandal ridden private prison GEO Group (who also run immigrant detention camps, and NOT the one Cuellar is dropping pics of, quelle surprise).

We need a good sold centrist (but one who believes in the Democratic core platform, unlike Cellar, and who isn't anti LQBTQ and who isn't a rabid forced birther, etc) to primary him, NOT a progressive, as they cannot win there. Cuellar is the only sitting Dem I support primarying, especially as it is safe Blue seat. I NEVER advocate primarying vulnerable Democrats in pink, purple, red districts.