If Elected in 2020, Bernie Sanders Vows First Executive Orders Will 'Reverse Every Single Thing President Trump Has Done to Demonize and Harm Immigrants'

In response to a new report detailing how children and young mothers are going hungry and often being given “inedible” food at federal detention centers in Texas, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday vowed to immediately move to reverse President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies if elected in 2020.

“This is a disgrace,” wrote Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. “No child should go hungry in the United States of America. My first executive orders will be to reverse every single thing President Trump has done to demonize and harm immigrants.”

Bloomberg reported Friday that migrants detained at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities in Texas are being fed “frozen sandwiches, cold burritos, and potato chips, and detained children and young mothers have complained of hunger to visiting attorneys.”

Rafael Perez-Escamilla, professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, told Bloomberg that the food provided at the facility is “appalling” and does not meet federal dietary guidelines.

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“The situation at the detention centers in Texas is worse than you can imagine,” tweeted Bloomberg reporter Deena Shanker, who bylined the story. “It is hard not to spend every moment thinking about these poor mothers and children.”

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