how were the children being taken care of? they were given mats but as a nurse, as a health professional, what did you see there about how they were taken care of that had concerns for you? you know, when you walk into the facilities it s certainly a multisensory experience. so there s an odor of human body odor because they re not able to bathe. you hear the children crying out. looking in their eyes and you re seeing a look of despair. it s heart breaking. when i took a look at the medical screenings because that s been my focus as a nurse, making sure that every child, every individual is getting a thorough screen. what we saw is that was inconsistently happening. so i introduced a bill several weeks ago, the u.s. border patrol medical screening act to ensure that there are consistent standards. so that no individual arriving in to federal custody is not having an opportunity to get access to needed medicare care
carried out, and what the personnel commitment would be needed to accomplish this. yes. so actually, we ve already introduced the bill. it has passed out of the house homeland security committee. it s the u.s. border patrol medical screening act. and as you mentioned, it would require screening within 12 hours of interdiction, meaning a person presenting in between the ports of entry. it requires robust research requirements and reporting and then charting, documentation using an electronic medical record so that as a migrant travels through our immigration system from that immediate point of entry, either at a port or most importantly, at a border patrol station, through their interactions with i.c.e. and immigration judge, we know what medications they might have, illnesses they might have. and whether or not they have received medical treatment during the course of their time in federal custody. the goal is to make sure that each facility, no matter how