Ted Cruz (R) ble nektet å filme i leir ved grensen mellom USA og Mexico

Erling Marthinsen

28.03.2021 19:16

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, docks after a boat tour along on the Rio Grande with Texas State Troopers before a group of U.S. Senators hold a press conference at Anzalduas Park on Friday, March 26, 2021, in Mission, Texas. Sen. Ted Cruz led a delegation of lawmakers to the border area Friday. He tweeted out photos of dozens of minors, wrapped in foil-like space blankets, lying on the floor of crowded Border Patrol facilities.(Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

Senator Ted Cruz (R) inspiserte forholdene langs grensen til Mexico på nært hold. Bildet er tatt etter en båttur på Rio Grande med Texas State Troopers. Foto: Joel Martinez/The Monitor /AP/ NTB

Senator Ted Cruz (R) og en gjeng med ialt 18 senatorer besøkte grenseområde mellom USA og Mexico, for å danne seg et bilde av situasjonen. Der ble de nektet å filme av en kvinne som er tilknyttet Biden-administrasjonen, skriver Fox News.

«Please give dignity to the people. Please give dignity to the people. … Please respect the people, the rules,» the staffer told Cruz while blocking his camera with her face.

«So you work for the commissioner, you’re a senior adviser, you were hired two weeks ago and you’re instructed to ask us to not have any pictures taken here because the political leadership at DHS does not want the American people to know it,» Cruz said.

«Your policies are unfortunately trying to hide them. I understand that you were instructed,» Cruz said. «I respect them, and I want to fix this situation, and the administration that you work for is responsible for these conditions.»

Cruz har lagt ut bildene Biden-administrasjonen ikke vil at det amerikanske folket skal se. I leirene har man sett småbarn pakket

These are the pictures the Biden administration doesn’t want the American people to see. This is why they won’t allow the press.

This is the CBP facility in Donna, Texas.

This is a humanitarian and a public health crisis. pic.twitter.com/UlibmvAeGN

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 26, 2021

Cruz forteller i at de har sett kartellene i aksjon.

«We have been listening to and seeing cartel members, human traffickers right on the other side of the river, waving flashlights yelling and taunting Americans, taunting the Border Patrol because they know under the current policies of the Biden administration they can flood over here,» Cruz said in a video.

Tidligere president Donald Trump kaller forholdene ved grensen «umenneskelige», og mener Biden heller burde bygge ferdig muren. Trump vurderer å besøke grenseområdet i nær fremtid.

Bare i februar kom det over 100.000 migranter over grensen. Leiren Cruz besøkte har som følge av koronasituasjonen en kapasitet på kun 250 personer.

«It right now has over 4,000 people in it. It is at a 1,500% capacity and that meant you saw in these cages children, little boys and little girls, side by side, they’re not 6-feet apart,» Cruz said on Sunday.