Officials Respond to AOC’s ‘Drink out of the Toilets’ Claim; Say She Is ’Misinforming' Public

Officials Respond to AOC’s ‘Drink out of the Toilets’ Claim; Say She Is ’Misinforming' Public
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is swarmed by the media after touring the Clint, TX Border Patrol Facility housing children in in Clint, Texas on July 1, 2019. Christ Chavez/Getty Images
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Current and past immigration officials have come out to reject a series of accusations made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), where she claims illegal immigrants are subjected to “inhumane” treatment and are told to “drink out of the toilets.”

Following a high-profile visit at several border facilities in Texas on July 1, Ocasio-Cortez has made a number of accusations about the condition of the detention facilities and its detainees. The most disturbing of them all was a claim that the detainees were forced to drink out of a toilet bowl.