Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says migrant women told to 'drink out of toilets' and subjected to 'psychological warfare', after detention centre visit

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has described the living conditions inside a US Customs and Border Protection detention centre in Texas, saying migrants are “drinking out of toilets” and describing officers using “psychological warfare” to intimidate and torture detainees. In a series of tweets, Ms Ocasio-Cortez described the living conditions she saw, and said that officers were “physically & sexually threatening” towards her during her visit. “Officers were keeping women in cells no water & had told them to drink out of toilets,” Ms Ocasio-Cortez said. Tell me what about that is due to a ‘lack of funding?’” Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events She is now headed to Clint, Texas, one of the child detention centres that has become notorious in recent weeks for denying children toothpaste and soap.