President Trump Defends Conditions at Detention Camps
- New York and other U.S. cities were bracing for action Sunday
- Graham said he expects action soon in Congress on migrant bill
U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on June 10, 2019.
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President Donald Trump and his top immigration officials pushed back Sunday against reports of deplorable conditions for migrants at detention facilities on the southern U.S. border, as authorities in big cities prepared for mass arrests of undocumented immigrants.
Vice President Mike Pence toured facilities in Texas on Friday, including a McAllen Border Patrol station where migrants were being kept in cages, and said, “this is tough stuff.” Trump tweeted Sunday that centers for children are fine and that areas for single men “were clean but crowded -- also loaded up with a big percentage of criminals.”