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Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s dehumanization of immigrants is in plain sight

The Washington Post reports: "Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.), chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the twin brother of Julián Castro, led a delegation to the border station in Clint, Tex., on Monday, where attorneys described children held in appalling conditions last month."

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general issued a scathing report on DHS detention facilities. The inspector general found "serious overcrowding of [unaccompanied minors] and families, populations defined as 'at-risk' ... For example, children at three of the five Border Patrol facilities we visited had no access to showers, despite the [Transport, Escort, Detention and Search] standards requiring that 'reasonable efforts' be made to provide showers to children approaching 48 hours in detention.