What are those standards now and how would your bill change those standards . Guest let me describe the situation at the border. You have children being treated inhumanely, women, pregnant women, the elderly, vulnerable populations being treated like they are subhuman. You have an overfilled concrete where theyold floors are piled on top of each other. Children soil themselves without diapers. Mucus and vomit on their shirts. Inadequate amount of food. They are given burritos that are still frozen. Seeing one bathroom for 400 people. You are seeing open toilets where the women have to stand and guard their body around another young woman to use the toilet. It is so subhuman, these conditions. I am aground is that boardcertified emergency physician. , have done flight medicine medical command in the city of pittsburgh during my training. I am also an expert in public humanitarianained at harvard with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative as well andraining with the icrc responded after th
You have children being treated inhumanely, women, pregnant women, the elderly, vulnerable populations being treated like they are subhuman. You have an overfilled concrete where theyold floors are piled on top of each other. Children soil themselves without diapers. Mucus and vomit on their shirts. Inadequate amount of food. They are given burritos that are still frozen. Seeing one bathroom for 400 people. You are seeing open toilets where the women have to stand and guard their body around another young woman to use the toilet. It is so subhuman, these conditions. I am aground is that boardcertified emergency physician. , have done flight medicine medical command in the city of pittsburgh during my training. I am also an expert in public humanitarianained at harvard with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative as well andraining with the icrc responded after the Haiti Earthquake became medical director of the largest internally internal camp right after the Haiti Earthquake. What i saw a
Detention facilities. We hear from tim burchett of tennessee about Government Spending and todays vote in the house on wage. Host good morning. 18, 2019. Sday, july the house returns at 10 00 a. M. Eastern and we will be with you for the next two hours and we begin with a question for democrats only about the emergence of the four congresswoman known as the squad. President trump and the National Media turning the spotlight on that group, we want to hear from democrats about whether the squad represents your views and whether the attention has been good for the party. Give us a call. Phone lines open if you are in the eastern and central time zones, and you are a democrat, 2027488000. Democrats on the mound and pacific time zones can call at 2027488001 mountain and pacific time zones can call at 2027488001. On twitter it is cspanwj and facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Morning. Od thursday democrats only can start calling in now. If you are getting to know them, here is where a squad
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