Following the resignation of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and alleging that she presided over a policy of escalation of cruelty against migrants, members of congress and immigrant advocates in El Paso announced a new bill that seeks to end abuses on the border. Its author, Democratic congresswoman from El Paso, Verónica Escobar, is demanding better supervision of the Department of Homeland Security to limit abuses by border patrol and custom agents. New York Congressman Adriano Espaillat and El Paso lawyer Carlos Spector Calderón expressed support for the initiative at a press conference.
This entry is available only in Español.
