this is just sickening.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...of-conditions-for-illegal-immigrant-children/
Medical workers at a San Antonio Air Force base where illegal immigrant children are being held and treated are allegedly so disturbed by the conditions that they broke confidentiality agreements, facing threats, in order to share what they say is going on there.
TheBlaze has already reported on a case of swine flu, which officials called isolated, at Lackland Air Force Base, prompting the shipment of thousands of vaccines. Now, unnamed sources speaking with conservative commentator Todd Starnes not only shared information about other rampant diseases but alleged that security forces have been brought in to create a very submissive atmosphere among staff.
There were several of us who wanted to talk about the camps, but the agents made it clear we would be arrested, a psychiatric counselor told Starnes. We were under orders not to say anything.
The security team, which Starnes wrote in his commentary piece on Fox News, calls themselves the Brown Shirts.
Once you stepped onto the grounds, you abided by their laws the Brown Shirt laws, the counselor told Starnes. Everyone was paranoid. The children had more rights than the workers.
A temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally is seen at Lackland Air Force Base, Monday, June 23, 2014, in San Antonio. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, U.S. Rep Michael Bachmann, and Attorney Gen. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott toured the facility Monday. Cruz and Abbott are ramping up criticism of President Barack Obama for more than 52,000 unaccompanied minors who have poured across the southwestern border of the U.S. in recent months. (AP/Eric Gay)
A temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally is seen at Lackland Air Force Base, Monday, June 23, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP/Eric Gay)
The medical issues cited by this counselor included measles, scabies, chicken pox, strep throat, lice and emotional issues that included suicidal thoughts.
One counselor told Starnes she kept a detailed journal of the conditions. She said after officials learned of it they demanded she return to the base and turn over the journal. She did neither.
When people read that journal they are going to be astonished, she said. I dont think they will believe what is going on in America.
Another unnamed source echoed some of the conditions mentioned by the counselor.
When they found out the kids had scabies, the charge nurse was adamant Dont mention that. Dont say scabies, a nurse told Starnes. But everybody knew they had scabies. Some of the workers were very concerned about touching things and picking things up. They asked if they should be concerned, but they were told dont worry about it.
You could see the bugs crawling through their hair, she added. After we would rinse out their hair, the sink would be loaded with black bugs.
In this June 19, 2014 photo, a Guatemalan child deported from the United State poses for photo in front of a map of the Guatemala City at an immigration shelter in Guatemala City. The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011. (AP/Luis Soto)
In this June 19, 2014 photo, a Guatemalan child deported from the United State poses for photo in front of a map of the Guatemala City at an immigration shelter in Guatemala City. The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011. (AP/Luis Soto)
What concerned this nurse even more, Starnes reported, was that the children were allegedly going to be transported on domestic buses and airplanes.
Thats what alerted me, the nurse told Starnes. Oh, my God. Theyre flying these kids around. Nobody knows that these children have scabies and lice. To tell you the truth, theres no way to control it.
Baptist Family & Childens Services, an organization hired to support the Department of Health and Human Services with shelter operatiosn for Unaccompanied Alien Children at Lackland, said it takes these allegations seriously.
There are a number of checks and balances to ensure children are receiving appropriate and adequate mental health care, BFCS spokeswoman Krista Piferrer told Starnes, adding that its 58 medical professionals at Lackland are supervised by HHS field specialists. Every illness, whether it is a headache or something more serious, is recorded in a childs electronic medical record and posted on WebEOC a real-time, web-based platform that is visible to not only BFCS but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Piferrer confirmed the presence of Brown Shirts, calling them the incident management team personnel who wear tan shirts.
BCFS did not immediately respond to TheBlazes request for comment about these allegations.
Read more about the alleged conditions from sources speaking to Starnes in his piece on Fox News.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...of-conditions-for-illegal-immigrant-children/
Medical workers at a San Antonio Air Force base where illegal immigrant children are being held and treated are allegedly so disturbed by the conditions that they broke confidentiality agreements, facing threats, in order to share what they say is going on there.
TheBlaze has already reported on a case of swine flu, which officials called isolated, at Lackland Air Force Base, prompting the shipment of thousands of vaccines. Now, unnamed sources speaking with conservative commentator Todd Starnes not only shared information about other rampant diseases but alleged that security forces have been brought in to create a very submissive atmosphere among staff.
There were several of us who wanted to talk about the camps, but the agents made it clear we would be arrested, a psychiatric counselor told Starnes. We were under orders not to say anything.
The security team, which Starnes wrote in his commentary piece on Fox News, calls themselves the Brown Shirts.
Once you stepped onto the grounds, you abided by their laws the Brown Shirt laws, the counselor told Starnes. Everyone was paranoid. The children had more rights than the workers.
A temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally is seen at Lackland Air Force Base, Monday, June 23, 2014, in San Antonio. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, U.S. Rep Michael Bachmann, and Attorney Gen. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott toured the facility Monday. Cruz and Abbott are ramping up criticism of President Barack Obama for more than 52,000 unaccompanied minors who have poured across the southwestern border of the U.S. in recent months. (AP/Eric Gay)
A temporary shelter for unaccompanied minors who have entered the country illegally is seen at Lackland Air Force Base, Monday, June 23, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP/Eric Gay)
The medical issues cited by this counselor included measles, scabies, chicken pox, strep throat, lice and emotional issues that included suicidal thoughts.
One counselor told Starnes she kept a detailed journal of the conditions. She said after officials learned of it they demanded she return to the base and turn over the journal. She did neither.
When people read that journal they are going to be astonished, she said. I dont think they will believe what is going on in America.
Another unnamed source echoed some of the conditions mentioned by the counselor.
When they found out the kids had scabies, the charge nurse was adamant Dont mention that. Dont say scabies, a nurse told Starnes. But everybody knew they had scabies. Some of the workers were very concerned about touching things and picking things up. They asked if they should be concerned, but they were told dont worry about it.
You could see the bugs crawling through their hair, she added. After we would rinse out their hair, the sink would be loaded with black bugs.
In this June 19, 2014 photo, a Guatemalan child deported from the United State poses for photo in front of a map of the Guatemala City at an immigration shelter in Guatemala City. The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011. (AP/Luis Soto)
In this June 19, 2014 photo, a Guatemalan child deported from the United State poses for photo in front of a map of the Guatemala City at an immigration shelter in Guatemala City. The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011. (AP/Luis Soto)
What concerned this nurse even more, Starnes reported, was that the children were allegedly going to be transported on domestic buses and airplanes.
Thats what alerted me, the nurse told Starnes. Oh, my God. Theyre flying these kids around. Nobody knows that these children have scabies and lice. To tell you the truth, theres no way to control it.
Baptist Family & Childens Services, an organization hired to support the Department of Health and Human Services with shelter operatiosn for Unaccompanied Alien Children at Lackland, said it takes these allegations seriously.
There are a number of checks and balances to ensure children are receiving appropriate and adequate mental health care, BFCS spokeswoman Krista Piferrer told Starnes, adding that its 58 medical professionals at Lackland are supervised by HHS field specialists. Every illness, whether it is a headache or something more serious, is recorded in a childs electronic medical record and posted on WebEOC a real-time, web-based platform that is visible to not only BFCS but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Piferrer confirmed the presence of Brown Shirts, calling them the incident management team personnel who wear tan shirts.
BCFS did not immediately respond to TheBlazes request for comment about these allegations.
Read more about the alleged conditions from sources speaking to Starnes in his piece on Fox News.
