Protestors carried signs and chanted in Spanish and English deploring the conditions at migrant centers.
John C. Moritz/USA Today Network Austin BureauMcALLEN — Just hours before Vice President Mike Pence was due to arrive at the Texas border Friday, Lupe Valdez-Cox and about 100 others assembled outside the largest federal immigration center to send President Donald Trump's administration a message.
Pushing back against the growing narrative of immigrants, especially children, being mistreated while in federal custody, Pence plans a visit to the newly opened immigration holding center in Donna where as many as 1,000 migrant families and children are processed at a time. In McAllen, Pence along with Texas Sen. John Cornyn and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to hold a a roundtable discussion Friday afternoon open to reporters.Mike Pence heads to border to defend migrant facilities as Democrats decry 'unconscionable' conditions
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