The acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner John Sanders attends a Police Week event in Washington, U.S. May 16, 2019. Donna Burton/CBP/Handout via REUTERS
The relocation of 250 migrant children from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station, where they were held for weeks in squalid conditions without adequate food and water, has stepped up criticism from immigration activists and Democrats of Republican President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies.
Before taking over CBP, he was the agency’s chief operating officer and had also been the Transportation Security Administration’s chief technology officer. On Tuesday, U.S. House Democrats said they plan to approve $4.5 billion in emergency funding to address the crisis caused by the migrant surge, but the measure has drawn a veto threat from Trump.
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