Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday accused US border agents of conducting a program of “psychological warfare” against detained migrants who were told to drink water from toilets if they were thirsty. Her comments on Twitter came amid a report that border agents used a secret Facebook group to share lewd posts about Ocasio-Cortez and at least one other Democratic lawmaker as well as racist comments about migrants. “Just left the 1st CBP facility. I see why CBP officers were being so physically & sexually threatening towards me. Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, referring to US Customs and Border Protection. Ocasio-Cortez also spoke after visiting the Clint, Texas, facility. Representative Judy Chu, Democrat of California, also said on Twitter that migrants were told to drink from the toilet if they wanted water. Representative Madeleine Dean, Democrat of Pennsylvania, in a tweet called conditions “far worse than we ever could have imagined.” President Donald Trump, asked by reporters at the White House about the report on Border Patrol agents’ Facebook group, said, “I don’t know what they are saying about members of Congress, but I know the Border Patrol is not happy with the Democrats in Congress.” “The Border Patrol, they are patriots, they are great people, they love our country,” Trump said. The lawmakers were taking part in a delegation or... Link to the full article to read more