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Katy Bolger's avatar

My heart breaks for the women and men in these prisons, because that's what these DOJ facilities are: legal enclosures from which you may not leave and your movements are restricted. What crime have these people committed? Where is their due process? More importantly, where are their children? I read yesterday in a respectable news outlets that 100,000 children have been separated from their parents since Twump was re- elected and Stephen the Miller took over de- immigration procedures. I wonder if Stephen knows that pain that his own children will suffer because of his actions? Karma is a bitch and she does not let anyone escape her payback.

I get it that uneducated, sadistic, and desperate people are hired as guards in these facilities because...who else would work there? These systems are practically built with those horrible, damaged cretins in mind. To treat women like that is WRONG. And we will all pay, as I believe we are now, for the inhumane policies of the Twump administration.

If we let this continue after November, if we forgive those who do these crimes from the boss to the bottom, if we let this just go away without punishment: that is the bigger crime. Will we let their crimes go unpunished?

Joseph Mangano's avatar

These deficiencies of immigration detention centers are features, not flaws. I'm not a Gavin Newsom guy, but it would be great if he would help amplify reports of these deplorable conditions, assuming he hasn't already.

Jim Walker's avatar

Thanks for this report. Please, please let us know ASAP what’s being steps are being taken by CA DOJ, or anyone, to improve these detention conditions. What can we do?

Lesley's avatar
1hEdited

I write my members of Congress weekly about this because my father fought fascism in WWII and I can’t live with myself unless I do everything I can think of to fight it here. These are concentration camps — here — in America.

Another way to fight this is to donate to Project Salt Box which keeps track of where these camps are being located. You use their location map to see if something is planned near you and protest:

https://www.projectsaltbox.com/about

Matthew's avatar
35mEdited

Disgusting. How weak and inhumane is a democracy that allows this kind of criminal abuse to occur in such a rampant fashion. How can America any longer pretend to inspire admiration as any kind of beacon of freedom and light? Rise up and fix this or crawl away under a rock. This Canadian is deeply disappointed in my national neighbour’s hand-wringing and inaction. Surely you’re better than this.

Jim Tragos's avatar

I can't wait until a Democratic president creates a reparations slush fund for these actual victims of our government. Of course, we all know I'll be waiting until my final breath.

Robert's avatar

Rebecca & Noel, Great Reporting! Keep shining the light on this criminal activity by the most corrupt Administration in American history. 250 years -

We haven’t got it right yet.

All Men (Women and Others) are created equal…

Zoe's avatar

Keep reporting despite most being tuned out. The war is now the talk of the times - ICE and Trump/Epstein forgotten. Such a sad yet predictable path for America to travel: conservatives along with ethno - religious and greedy business people have planned this for decades and it worked.