Border Patrol seizing children's medication leads to demand for probe by CEDickson
Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., is calling for an investigation into allegations that U.S. Border Patrol agents have been confiscating medications from children and adults taken into custody, a practice described in a Yahoo News report this week.
“It is critical that we have a full understanding of what has happened in these facilities, so we can prevent future incidents,” Schrier wrote, urging the Office of the Inspector General to “immediately investigate the reunification process for children separated from their parents, circumstances surrounding the extended holding of children in vans in July 2018, and the handling of medication for asylum seekers.
Schrier said she plans to discuss possible next steps with Democratic colleagues in the House, who she said have also expressed concern about the care and treatment of children in custody at the border. Another symptom of the massive chaos @realDonaldTrump is fomenting at the border. https://t.co/QjgAIz2eqW
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