Trump officials deflect from "Alligator Alcatraz" scrutiny by pointing fingers at Biden

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Source: msn/Axios

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Border czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday brushed off humanitarian concerns about a new immigration detention center in Florida, opting instead to criticize conditions under the Biden administration.

The big picture: There have been reports of negligence, inhumane treatment and limited access to legal counsel in the U.S. immigration detention system for years, but the Trump administration has embraced once-fringe tactics, setting off alarms for immigration rights advocates.

Emblematic of that spectacle is a new facility in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," where detainees have reported inhumane and unclean conditions.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), one of a group of Democratic lawmakers who were given a reportedly limited tour of the site Saturday, condemned the lack of privacy in the facility and said detainees were "living in cages."

State officials have denied allegations of inhumane conditions.

Driving the news: Homan, who noted he has not visited the facility yet, said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that he doubts reports from lawmakers were "factual," pointing to what he described as high ICE detention standards.

He argued some lawmakers who are now criticizing Trump's approach didn't do the same with the Biden administration over conditions migrants faced during the former president's term.

"Silence, silence," he said. "Because they're complicit. Because they didn't take the administration on and ask them to secure the border."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-officials-deflect-from-alligator-alcatraz-scrutiny-by-pointing-fingers-at-biden/ar-AA1IwaCy

[Bayard]

1. Of course he did

It's all Biden's fault that we have to mistreat people and send them to other countries.

[louis-t]

2. So why don't the criminals (Homan and Noem)

make conditions better? "They did it, too" doesn't solve a problem.

[efhmc]

3. Curious, does that pushing their lies off on Biden work

with conscious, normal people?

[republianmushroom]

4. Huh, didn't know they worked for the govt. under Biden.

Live and learn republianmushroom.