By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Border Patrol officials are accused in a lawsuit of destroying surveillance footage of poor conditions inside detention facilities in Arizona.
The National Immigration Law Center filed a motion Monday that alleged Border Patrol knowingly recorded over videos and handed over unwatchable footage, BuzzFeed reports.
“This is yet another example of an agency going out of its way to keep the horrible conditions in these facilities out of the public eye,” Karen Tumlin, managing attorney for NILC, told BuzzFeed News.
Border Patrol officials declined to comment.
The facilities are used for detainees who are caught illegally crossing the border.
Photos released in August showed poor conditions at the facilities.
