Some US Army troops posted along the southern border as part of the Trump administration’s heightened immigration enforcement efforts are living under substandard conditions in Texas and New Mexico, according to a report by the Pentagon’s inspector general.
The problems include “leaking raw sewage, non-functional toilets, and general disrepair of facilities,” according to the report published Wednesday and signed by Bryan Clark, assistant inspector general for evaluations.
The document included a photograph said to show “a dried layer of raw sewage that was leaking from the bathroom toilets.” In addition, the report’s authors said, “multiple soldiers living in the barracks ...