Rep. McClain Says Government Aiding Cartels by Resettling Migrant Children

Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., accused the government of assisting cartels’ human trafficking efforts by resettling migrant children after touring a holding facility in her home state on Monday.

“What I saw, quite honestly, was sophisticated, organized illegal immigration,” McClain said according to the Washington Examiner on Thursday. “I choose those words very, very carefully because the system and the process that I observed was unbelievable.”

McClain, who represents a district north of Detroit, visited the Department of Health and Human Services contractor-run facility in Albion, Michigan, where 191 boys between the ages of 5 and 17 were being held after being transported from the border.

Unlike the southern border, McClain said the facility was guarded securely — by 20 law enforcement officers who work in shifts.

And unlike other lawmakers who visited overcrowded Department of Health and Human Services facilities at the border, McClain was impressed with what she saw.

“The facility is remarkable,” McClain said of the location that opened April 11. “It’s 350 acres of beauty. I mean, it’s manicured precisely. There are 17 homes that are in phenomenal condition. There’s a beautiful lake there. There’s an auditorium, a gymnasium, soccer fields.

“The medical treatment that they’re receiving is top-notch. They have 2 doctors from the [National Institutes of Health], there around the clock. They have a 1-to-8 supervision-to-child ratio, which, I mean, I gotta be honest, I didn’t, I didn’t expect to see. So from that perspective. I think we’re doing a really good job of treating these unaccompanied alien minor children with dignity and respect.”

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