Author of the new book sand and blood americas stealth war on the mexico border. Wrote the book to expose our militarization at the u. S. Mexico border. The stealth war at u. S. Mexico border includes casualties as well as all of the pieces of rule. War right inscale our backyard. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace reportrt. Im amy goodman. A report by nbc shares new accounts of mistreatment and Sexual Violence experienced by locked up Migrant Children at a yuma, arizona, detention facility. In nearly 30 accounts collected by health and Human Services case managers, children complained of hunger, having to sleep on concrete floors or outside, and lack of access to basic sanitation. A 15yearold girl said an officer groped her underneath her clothing during what was supposed to be a routine patdown and joked around with other agents during the ordeal. The Trump Administration has dismissed reports of abuse against detained migrants despite recent congressional visits to migrant jails and multiple accounts of mistreatment recorded by legal and other experts. Trump said migrants were very happy, while acting Homeland Security secretary Kevin Mcaleenan called such accounts unsubstantiated. House democrats have called on mcaleenan to testifyfy about the conditions facaced by jailed migrants. Meanwhile, a new report from the New York Times and the El Paso Times details the ongoing dire situation at the Border Patrol station in clint, texas, where hundreds of Migrant Children are locked up without access to o sufficient food, wawater, sanitation, bededs, or proper medical care. Bordrder agents reported spreaeg outbreaks of scabies, shingles and chickenpox among the chilildren. One staffer says he was ordered to remove beds from children to make more space in the overcrowded cells. The facility has been described by an expert who visited it as a child jail. In washington, d. C. , 18 jewish activists s with the group never again action were arrested on capitol hill tuesday as they protested against the jailing of migrants and called on lawmakers to shut down thehe detenention s and defund icece and cbp. [ininscernible]. 6 billionon at the southehn border. [indisiscernible] their banner read never again meets never again. In a statement, the activists said as jews, we know that what starts as dehumanization can turn into grave human rights violations. We refuse to let these horrors go on any longer. We know what happens when people unaffected by crises act as bystanders and look the other way. We will not stay silent while our historical trauma is weaponized to distract from the terror that our government is unleashing on immigrant communities. A federal judge has rejected the justice departments attempt to replace the legal team charged with handling the Trump Administrations case for adding a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. U. S. District judge jesse furman said the departments request was patently deficient and offered no reasons, little unsatisfactory reasons, for the substitution of counsel. Meanwhile, House Democrats are expected to move forward with contempt proceedings against attorney genereral william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross for defying subpoenas for documents related to the 2020 census. A Manhattan Federal Appeals Court ruled trump is violating tuesday the constitution when he blocks his critics on twitter. Jameel jaffer of columbia universitys knight First Amendment institute, which filed the lawsuit, said Public Officials social media accounts are now among the most significant forums for discussion of government policy. This decision will ensure that people arent excluded from these forums simply because of their viewpoints, and that Public Officials arent insulated from their constituents criticism. It will help ensure the integrity and vitality of digital spaces that are increasingly important to our democracy. Britains ambassador to o the United States, kim darroch, resigned today following the fallout from leaked cables i in which h he calleled trump p ine, insecure, and incompetent. In cabables goining back as fars 2017, darroch questioned whether the Trump Administration will ever look competent. He also said trumps presidency could crash and burn and voiced fears that he may launch an attack on iran. On tuesday, trump continued to lash out at darroch, tweeting the wacky ambassador that the u. K. Foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy. He also called outgoing Prime Minister theresa may foolish and blamed her for creating a mess out of brexit. Prime minister may, who earlier said she stood by darroch and said in an address to parliament him a tremendous amount of gratitude. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. I hope the house will reflect on the importanance of defending or values and principles, particularly when they are under pressure. Opposition labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also lamented darrochs resignation. In afghanistan, an airstrike in the northern Baghlan Province killed a family of seven tuesday six of them children a two separate peace talks recently wrapped up in qatar. The air raid by Government Forces f followed an eararlier d attack on a medical facility which killed at least five. On sunday,y, a talib c car bomb killlled at leasast 18 peoplpled woununded more than n 180 other, inclining donsns of childrdren. The deaths came as afgfghan leaders and taliban officials ended a historic meeting with calls to reduce civilian casualties to zero. A seventh round of talks between the unitited states and ththe taliban reiterated hopes for a peace deal before september elections. A federal Appeals Court tuesday heard arguments in a key case that could help determine the fate of the Affordable Care act. 21 democratic attorneys general and the democraticallyled house of representatives are challenging a decision by a texas judge last december that ruled the individual mandate provision of obamacare to be unconstitutional, effectively invalidating the act. 18 republican state attorneys general and two republican governors brought the original suit. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration backed the ruling and said the aca should be dismantled. The fifth circuit Appeals Panel is likely to be opposed by the opposing side, setting up the case up for a Supreme Court battle. In new york city, fans are celebrating the womens world cup victory with the tickertape parade. Fourthm won its record world cup sunday, the second consecutive win. The games also brought renewed attention to the teams struggle for equal pay. Earlier this year, they sued the u. S. Soccer federation for gender discrimination. West virginia senator joe manchin introduced a bill tuesday to withhold federal funding for u. S. Participation in the 2026 fifa world cup unless the United StatesSoccer Federation implements equal pay for the womens soccer team. Outspoken cocaptain Megan Rapinoe has also made headlines for her comments about trump during the world cup saying i am not going to the fing white house. On cnn tuesday, anderson c coopr asked outspoken cocaptain megan rarapinoe what her m message wao President Trump. P. People. Excluding youre excluding me. You are excluding people that look like me. You are excluding people of color. You are excluding americans that maybe support you. I think we need to have a reckonining with the message tht you have and what youre saying about make America Great again. I think youre harking back to an era that was not great for everyone. It might have been great to a few people, but it is not great for enough americans. Amy megan rubino rapinoe also said the team would be traveling to washington, d. C. , at the invitation of several lawmakers in congress, but that she would not accept an imitation of the white house as she did not want her message or the teams to be coopted. President trump said win or lose, he would invite them to the white house but more recently he said he had not taught about it and has not extended the invitation. More highprofile democrats are calling on labor secretary Alexander Acosta to resign over the lenient 2007 plea deal given to serial child sex abuser jeffrey epstein, when he was the u. S. Prosecutor in florida. House speaker nancy pelosi, Senate Minority leader chuck schumer, and 2020 candidates including senators kamala harris, elizabeth warren, kirsten gillibrand, and Bernie Sanders said acosta should step down. Acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney reportedly urged trump to fire e acosta. According to politico, mulvaney is unhappy with acostas reluctance to dismantle workplace regulations and quash employment discrimination lawsuits. Secretary acosta defended the plea deal on twitter tuesday and said he was pleased that new york prosecutors are moving forward with a case based on new evidence. No new evidence, many said, has been presented. Trump, meanwhile, praised acosta and said he feels very badly for him, while distancncing himself from epstein. And not saying anything about the victims. Trump said he hadnt spoken to epstein after a falling out 15 years ago anand that trump was was not a fan of his. In 2002, trump said epstein was a terrific guy who likes beautiful women as much as i do, and many of them are on the younger side. Trtrump will not explainin whate falling out was about. A white e man who calllled the police on a black man after falsely accusing him of trespassing hahas apologized following a viral videshowing the interactction, which happend on july 4. The man, a manager at youtube in san francicisco, was with his young g son when h he starts questioning 35year r old softwe engineer wesly michel l about wy he w was enteringg his buiuildi, accusing him o of tailgating as the father and son opened ththe door t to leave. E. The mans son can be heard pleading w with his s father noo call the policice and toto movo. He said he agreed with the man. The video was shot by michel. There is a trespasser in my buildingng. Cocollects dad, dont. His into yr son. Dad, go. I agree e with him,addy. Please, go. Andnd standing inin the lob. Daddy, i dont like this. Lets go. He walkeded in. Daddy, lets gogo. Hes africanamerican. Amy when michels friend appearars later in thehe video,e young boy sasays told you. Lets go now. Daddy, look what youve gotten us into. The boy also said i agree with the man. Apology sayingd an he was sorry he caused wesly to feel unfnfairly targeteted due o his racece. He addeded his fatheher was kild outstside his home by a trtrespasserer. C cnn, weslyw witith michel said the inteteraction mmirrors t e experience e that africacan americans dudure daily where e we are questioned on whether r we belong. He added that he startrted filmg to protect h himself a g get a trtrue account of whatat happenf police got involved. Christopher cukor issued an texas billionanaire and twotime presidenential candidate ross perot died tuesday at the age of 89 after a aattle with leukemia. Perot ran n as an independent in 1992 and as a Third Party Candidate in 1996. He won 19 of the vote in 1992, finishing third behind bill clinton and george bush senior. Perot opposed the north American Free trade agreement and famously said a giant sucking sound going south would be heard from u. S. Jobs going to mexico. Ross perot founded the reform party in 1995. Donald trump briefly ran an unsuccessful bid for the reform ticket in 2000. Many argue perot paved the way for trumps presidency. Both ran as antifree trade, populist political outsiders who preyed on voter anger. And Billionaire Tom Steyer entered the crowded 2020 democratic primary race tuesday. The prominent democratic donor and former Hedge Fund Investor said he will put 100 million of his own money into his campaign, starting with a Television Ad s in key states. Sterer hasalleled r demomoatic donor, h repeatedly call for pepeaching president rump sin Trump Took Office but has focused his early mpaign messaging on tkling clate change, creating a governmentbacked healthcare option, and tackckling big o oi, big pharma, and big banks. Senator elizabeth warren, who raised 19 million over the last quarter, with an average donation of 28, tweeted tuesday the democratic primary should not be decided by billionaires, whether theyre funding super pacs or funding themselves. The strongest democratic nominee in the general will have a coalition thats powered by a grassroots movement. While senator Bernie Sanders said of steyers bid i am a bit tired of seeing billionaires trying to buy political power. In more 2020 news, california Congressmember Eric Swalwell announced earlier this week he was dropping out of the race. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and im juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. More than a week after lawmakers flocked to the u. S. Mexico border to observe the horrible treatment of refugee children and families in immigration jails, reports of unsafe and unsanitary conditions for Asylum Seekers are continuing. In clint, texas, the Border Patrol station that garnered internatational attention for jailing hundndreds of Migrant Children without access to sufficient food, water, beds, or medical care now has a spreading outbreak of scabies, shingles, and chicken pox according to Border Agents. The New York Times and the El Paso Times report that one staffer says he was ordered to remove beds from the jail to make more space in thehe overcrowded cells. Meanwhile, nbc reports that Migrant Children jailed in yuma, arizona, have been subjected to mistreatment and Sexual Violence. In nearly 30 accounts collected by the department of health and Human Services case managers, children complained of hunger, having to sleep on concrete floors or outside, and lack of access to basic sanitation. A 15yearold girl said an officer groped her underneath her clothing during what was supposed to be a routine patdown and joked around with other agents during the ordeal. Despite growing outrage from lawmakers, experts on Child Welfare and the public, the Trump Administration has dismissed reports of abuse. President trump said migrants were very happy while acting Homeland Security secretary Kevin Mcaleenan called such accounts unsubstantiated. House democrats have called on mcaleenan to testify about the conditions faced by jailed migrants. Amy some are describing the conditions at the border as symptoms of a broken system. But others say this is exactly how u. S. Immigration policies were designed to work. This is texas state representative diego bernal after visiting Border Patrol stations in el paso last week. People are saying that trumps policies have f failed. I disagreed. I think theyre working exactly the way theyre supposed to. I think everything were saying that has happened is on purpose. It is deliberate. It is the product of decisions that have been made. Outcomes that have been anticipated. Situations that were preredicte. This is exactly what they want. Amy texas state representative diego bernal. Well, we turn now to a book that examines the history of u. S. Immigration policies, looking at how both democrats and republicans laid the groundwork for ththe deadly system we have today. Sand and blood americas stealth war on the mexico border tracks the increased militarization of the u. S. Mexico border over more than three decades, arguing that the borderlands have become a war zone. Author and journalist John Carlos Frey writes in his new book we are using a militaristic approach against an enemy that does not exist. As long as the push to fortify the border continues, as seems likely no politician has yet challenged the assumed need for Border Security the human costs will continue to accumulate. John carlos frey joins us now in our new york studio. He is a fivetime Emmy AwardwinningInvestigative Reporter and pbs newshour special correspondent. He has reported extens