The congresswoman added she was 'in shock about why there was an American citizen being detained in one of these facilities.”
Lawmaker describes 'unacceptable' border detention conditions, meets with US citizen in Border Patrol custodyWASHINGTON – A U.S. lawmaker described 'unacceptable' border detention facilities while meeting with a U.S. citizen who was in Customs and Border Patrol custody for hours on Friday.
The woman told Barragán she was traveling from Ecuador along with her 13-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen. In a statement to USA TODAY, Customs and Border Protection said "the daughter had crossed the border from the U.S. to meet her mother and they were then apprehended crossing back into the U.S. illegally."
US Representative Nanette Diaz Barragan speaks during a press conference following a tour in Border Patrol facilities and migrant detention centers for 15 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on July 1, 2019 in Clint, Texas. Barragán had brought greater scrutiny to the girl's situation after tweeting a picture of the her passport on Friday afternoon.
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