The U.S. Is ‘Headed To Fascism,’ Says Ocasio-Cortez After Tour Of Detention Facilities At Southern Border

LOADING ERROR LOADING EL PASO, Texas — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the conditions at U.S. migrant detention facilities “horrifying” in an interview Monday evening and doubled down on her comparisons of the situation at the border to World War II. “So, they checked half the members’ IDs and then they were like, ‘OK, just come inside.’” At Casa Franklin, Ocasio-Cortez said the conditions were “fine.” But she thought a briefing the delegation received from the shelter’s staff was “bizarre,” because they said children coming to the facility from the CBP stations are in good health. Once Castro brought up the Facebook group, Ocasio-Cortez said, the situation at the Border Patrol station began to “devolve.” CBP has said it initiated an investigation, and officials at the station assured the members of Congress there would be “internal disciplinary measures.” Ocasio-Cortez pushed back at this response, she recalled. “They wouldn’t even answer her,” Ocasio-Cortez said, later adding, “They were absolutely rude and they were absolutely talking back as though they had as much power as the oversight powers of Congress. “It was like a mocking selfie in a facility that we’re told there are no cellphones allowed,” said Ocasio-Cortez.