To anybody with any kind of pending status please avoid visiting the rio grande valley
Throwaway acc for obvious reasons. To anybody with any pending status such as i-485 asylum u visa etc. I’d like to tell you all to please avoid visiting the rio grande valley. CBP is manning every checkpoint and is detaining everyone with an expired visa. I myself am married to a us citizen and have an i485 pending but my visa is expired for almost 2 years and i met people inside with similar cases as me. I met Many truck drivers were apprehended delivering payloads. I ended up getting sent to a CBP detention site at 3700 W Ursula avenue in McAllen Texas and the conditions there were absolutely subhuman to the point they were treating us like animals. I spent 8 days in detention there where:
- I did not get any sunlight for 8 days
- We were 50 people stuck in one room for 24 hours with crappy mattresses and Mylar blankets. People were even sleeping in the toilets stalls.
- there was no soap whatsoever
- access to tooothbrushes were virtually nonexistent
- we were given food I wouldn’t feed my pets
- guards were covering their badges -People sleeping in the toilet stalls
- waited 2 days to get a phone call
- water tasted like chlorine
- had only 5 minutes a day to make phone calls
- Plenty others
I later ended up getting transferred to an ice facility is 1800 industrial drive in raymondville texas where the conditions were much better. It was a detention facility run by a private company called Management and Training cooperation. While most of the staff were fine to deal with i met 2 staff members who were openly racist and I also witnessed numerous civil and human rights violations there as well. I spent 2.5 weeks there before i finally got out on bond and am currently wearing an ankle monitor with my movements limited to 75 mile radius. In that detention center i met a lot of people who were applying for asylum and have been there for 5 months, 14 months, 18 months, and one person who has been there for 2 years and their mental health had greatly deteriorated.
Please avoid visiting:
- Brownsville, South Padre island, McAllen, Laredo, Harlingen, port victoria among others.
I finally got out today and am exited to enjoy my freedom. I am happy to answer any questions you have.
EDIT:
If there are anyone who can get me in touch with members of the media. I’m all ears. I want to get this story out ASAP