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A5 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019 Government moves migrant kids Bruner: Provided communications support after several major storms after reports of bad treatment By MARTHA MENDOZA and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation. Just 30 children remained Monday at the station outside El Paso, said Rep. Veronica Escobar after her offi ce was briefed on the situation by an offi cial with Customs and Border Protection. Most of the infants, tod- dlers and teens who were held at the Border Patrol sta- tion in Clint, Texas, would be moved to shelters and other facilities run by a sepa- rate federal agency by Tues- day, the Offi ce of Refugee Resettlement said. Attorneys who visited Clint last week said older children were trying to take care of infants and toddlers. They described a 4-year-old with matted hair who had gone without a shower for days, and hungry, inconsol- able children struggling to soothe one another. Some had been locked for three weeks inside the facility, where 15 children were sick with the fl u and another 10 were in medical quarantine. “How is it possible that you both were unaware of the inhumane conditions for children, especially ten- der-age children at the Clint Station?” asked Escobar in a letter sent Friday to U.S. Customs and Border Pro- tection acting commissioner John Sanders and U.S. Border Patrol chief Carla Provost. She asked to be informed by the end of this week what steps they’re taking to end “these humanitarian abuses.” Lawmakers from both parties decried the situation last week. Border Patrol offi cials have not responded to ques- tions about the conditions at the Clint facility, but in an emailed statement Monday they said: “Our short-term holding facilities were not designed to hold vulnerable populations and we urgently need additional humanitar- ian funding to manage this crisis.” Although it’s unclear where all the children held at Clint have been moved, Escobar said some were sent Bruce: She served on a homelessness solutions task force Continued from Page A1 “This is a change in lead- ership, but the staff and vol- unteers of this social service agency remain equipped and ready to assist our commu- nity,” LaCoste-Brown said in a statement. Bruce has served as exec- utive director since 2015. She was previously the com- munity mental health pro- gram manager for Rocky Mountain Development Council in Montana. Bruce has been active in discussions on homeless- ness and mental health. She served on Astoria’s home- lessness solutions task force and on the board of Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare, the county’s mental health and substance abuse contractor. “We want to thank Elaine for her time and energy focused on CCA during her tenure,” LaCoste-Brown said. “We are also excited for what the future holds for this agency. It is well- equipped and supported through the commitment of its board and staff members to continue to make a differ- ence in our community for those who need our help the most.” to another facility on the north side of El Paso called Border Patrol Station 1. Escobar said it’s a temporary site with roll-out mattresses, showers, medical facilities and air conditioning. But Clara Long, an attor- ney who interviewed chil- dren at Border Patrol Station 1 last week, said conditions were not necessarily better there. “One boy I spoke with said his family didn’t get mattresses or blankets for the fi rst two nights, and he and his mom came down with a fever,” said Long, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch. “He said there were no toothbrushes, and it was very, very cold.” Vice President Mike Pence, asked about the unsafe, unsanitary condi- tions for the children on Meet The Press on Sunday, said “it’s totally unaccept- able,” adding that he hopes Congress will allocate more resources to border security. Long and a group of law- yers inspected the facilities because they are involved in the Flores settlement, a Clinton-era legal agreement that governs detention con- ditions for migrant children and families. Continued from Page A1 Bruner served as an intelligence offi cer on an attack submarine, lunched at the White House and shook former Presi- dent George H.W. Bush’s hand. He’s escorted cas- kets in Arlington Cem- etery, delivered fl ags to widows of fallen service- men and saw the Pentagon burn from his offi ce win- dow during the 9/11 ter- rorist attacks. He provided commu- nications support after several major storms, from Hurricane Harvey in Houston to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and spent two months after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans rebuilding the city’s emergency commu- nications system. In his last assignment, Bruner oversaw a cyber- security division for the Atlantic Area Com- mand, making sure Coast Guardsmen along the Eastern Seaboard had the electronics to do their jobs. Bruner still lives on the East Coast with his wife, Christine, in Smithfi eld, Virginia, and works for a Native Alaskan-owned information technol- ogy company. The cou- ple , parents of three chil- dren, plan to move back to a home they own in Poulsbo, Washington, once his youngest daugh- ter, a junior at Virginia Tech, fi nishes school. “The (Pacifi c North- west) is our home, and our kids have been fully indoctrinated into how beautiful and awe- some it is out there,” he said. “We hope to bring them along when we migrate back West in a couple years.” Card not required in Albertsons Check out our BBQ Grilling Events *See store for details AVAILABLE IN THE 99 1 0 Full Slab Ribs Hot off the grill ea Valid 6/25/19 thru 7/2/19 10 clip or CLICK! ® $ Save on your next grocery purchase of $50 or more* with your Club Card & this Savings Award. *Use this Savings Award on any shopping trip you choose at any Oregon Safeway or Albertsons store and S.W. Washington stores serving Clark, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Skamania, Walla Walla and Klickitat counties by 7/2/19. 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