Salt Lake Tribune · Jul 14, 2019
Trump defends border detention facilities as ‘clean but crowded’
(Josh Dawsey | The Washington Post via AP) Men stand in a U.S. Immigration and Border Enforcement detention center in McAllen, Texas, Friday, July 12, 2019, as Vice President Mike Pence visits. Acknowledging "this is tough stuff," Pence says he was not surprised by what he saw as he toured the McAllen Border Patrol station Friday where hundreds of men were kept in caged fences with no cots amid sweltering heat. Washington • President Donald Trump on Sunday defended conditions at the border detention facilities visited by his vice president, painting a rosier picture than Mike Pence encountered.