Ed Markey

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Shame on you. I was 4 miles away at another facility on the same day. No one is being dishonest. These border facilities are a national disgrace, with human beings kept in conditions worse than prisons, children sleeping on floors. These facilities have become edifices to hate. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

We need to get these law-abiding children and families out of these facilities. We need an immigration system that doesn’t promote cruelty and degradation in the name of the American people. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The orders CBP and ICE are receiving from the Trump administration offer little but pain and humiliation for children and families. These are human beings. President Trump is treating them worse than criminals and turning them into pawns in his craven political games. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The Trump administration is intentionally making conditions at the border so horrendous in hopes that migrants will look at these facilities and determine that risking violence or death in their home countries is the better option. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

CBP staff confirmed stories we heard of women making the trip begging for birth control, condoms, and morning-after pills for themselves + their daughters because they know they may be raped at some point during the journey or while waiting at the border. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

There are no clean clothes in these facilities. There are no toothbrushes or toothpaste. There are no showers. This is the facility where sick people are sent and they have little access to proper hygiene as they try to recover. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The lights are on 24 hours a day, so families often wrap themselves in layers of the Mylar blankets to block out the light so they can sleep. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

There are no beds in the cells. Migrants, including young children, sleep on the floor or on concrete slabs. CBP says they lean against one another to get comfortable. They are given only Mylar blankets. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The Weslaco Border Patrol Station is 5 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. It is known as the “infirmary” because migrants in the Rio Grande Valley Sector are sent there when they have contagious diseases – flu, chicken pox, impetigo, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

I visited two Customs and Border Patrol facilities on the southern border and what I witnessed was shameful. THREAD: — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

RT @wbznewsradio: "No matter which way you look on our border, it is an absolute abomination what is being done by Donald Trump in the name… — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The FTC has an obligation to hold Facebook accountable for its historic breach of users' privacy and trust. That means strict new rules AND a big enough fine to do the only thing that will change Facebook's behavior: meaningfully impact its bottom line. $5 billion won't do it. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The children and families in these facilities are suffering irreparable trauma. As the wealthiest nation on earth, we should not be packing people into what are essentially prison camps. We need to get these vulnerable people out of these camps NOW. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

These border facilities are under-resourced, but the suffering inflicted isn’t accidental. It’s part of the Trump administration’s depraved deterrence agenda, to make conditions so miserable that migrants won’t make the journey in the first place. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

The conditions I saw today at the border are heartbreaking and enraging. Sick toddlers without beds to sleep on. Muddy kids without access to showers. Facilities without toothbrushes or toothpaste. https://t.co/1wthJCvgWS — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

RT @SmartGrowthUSA: The GREEN Streets Act, introduced by @SenMarkey and @SenatorCarper, will create new performance measures and goals requ… — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Under the guise of “unalienable rights,” the Trump administration will continue its systematic assault on reproductive rights and rights for LGBTQ individuals globally. https://t.co/LXFwhNxWo8 — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

While Saudi Arabia pours money into the D.C. influence machine & Trump Hotel, Trump won’t use U.S. influence to hold Riyadh accountable for bombing weddings & school buses. We’re in a race to the bottom with China & Russia to ignore human rights. https://t.co/mmmRh9mgtB — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

RT @RepAndyLevin: Protecting human rights & and free expression in Burma unites us across the aisle & across the Capitol. Grateful to @SenM… — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

In 2018 we saw the highest pedestrian mortality rate since 1990. @SmartGrowthUSA’s new report lays out the extent of this safety crisis and underscores the importance of my + @RepCohen’s Complete Streets Act, which will promote safer roads/sidewalks: https://t.co/5aUWsqriTB — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Thanks to strong children’s television rules, kids of all backgrounds have for years accessed the nourishing programming that they need to thrive and grow. But today’s @FCC decision sacrifices children’s education for corporate profits https://t.co/MEljnyuxAg — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Research shows it would take the average person 250 hours (more than 10 full 24-hour days) to read the privacy policies encountered in a year. My Privacy Bill of Rights Act requires companies to provide easy-to-read notices that clearly state how they collect, use, & share data. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

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Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Pedestrian fatalities increased by 35% between 2008-2017. We need streets that can accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit users, not just cars. My + @RepCohen’s Complete Streets Act will fund projects to make our roads/sidewalks safe and accessible for everyone. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Today the Climate Task Force met w/midwestern @ELPCenter & scientists of their 2019 Great Lakes report. Experts agree: this world-famous ecosystem - and the >30M people who live, work & play there - are facing great threats from a changing climate. We must act now to protect it. https://t.co/v8uhjNxTxY — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Health care is a right. Kids like Rafa deserve to live healthy, fulfilling lives. And families should never be bankrupted just because someone got sick. For Rafa and the millions like him, we all need to fight to save the Affordable Care Act and #ProtectOurCare. https://t.co/YdIjgfqfQ7 — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Starting today, that’s exactly what the Trump administration will be arguing for in Texas vs. U.S. If it gets its way, 100,000 people in Massachusetts alone could lose coverage, including more than 50,000 young adults. https://t.co/UTmOUH3pw8 — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Without the Affordable Care Act, insurers could use that fact to price gouge or outright deny Rafa the insurance he needs to continue living a healthy life and that gives his family some peace of mind. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Rafa was born with chronic kidney disease and severe bladder issues and spent his first 5 weeks at @BostonChildrens. After a tough fight and a kidney donation from his father, Rafa’s condition is manageable. But he will always have a pre-existing condition. — PolitiTweet.org

Ed Markey @SenMarkey

Rafa is 3. He lives in Boston, is learning to read, and loves going to the @MuseumOfScience. He’s also one of the 130 million Americans with a pre-existing condition who rely on the Affordable Care Act’s protections. But the Trump admin is trying to strip away those protections. https://t.co/pHkX0WNpjk — PolitiTweet.org