Customs and Border Protection is buying 2.2 million baby diapers for its new migrant tent city

[demmiblue]

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is looking to purchase 20,000 baby bottles, 3,000 boxes of baby wipes, and 2,224,000 baby diapers for a newly-erected tent city holding families and unaccompanied children seeking asylum in America.

That’s according to a new solicitation issued May 30 by the agency, which says it also needs 144,000 pairs of shower shoes, of which 36,000 will be size extra-small.



The complex, located in Donna, Texas, is one of two new “temporary (8 months) soft-sided facilities” housing up to 500 people each. The $37 million initiative is meant to give CBP “additional capacity to accommodate family units and UAC [unaccompanied children] arriving in surging numbers to the southwest border.” The existence of the site, along with a second located in El Paso, Texas, was first revealed by Quartz.

https://qz.com/1632690/cbp-buying-2-2-million-pairs-of-diapers-for-tent-city/

[Historic NY]

1. Save some for 1600 PA. Ave.

[mahina]

2. This shakes the earth beneath me and erodes our whole

country to the core.

Fuckers!

[chowder66]

3. Well said. Something has got to be done to stop this madness.

This country needs to stop everything and fix this.
We need a nationwide strike and marches against this administration and their inhumane tactics against immigrants, against us, against our democracy.

We need someone to put out the clarion call. I don't know who that should be I just know we need that to happen.

[mahina]

4. I'm not proud of my language :(

I hope these people get what they deserve, and double what they would serve if roles were reversed.

What holds us together as a country if not values?

[chowder66]

5. I think your language is warranted for this crisis. nt

[Volaris]

6. At this point, I think maybe we should offer all of Central America Statehood, and see who's game

To say yes..

Fuck this countries rascists.