Trump Administration Moves To Detain Migrant Families Indefinitely | Talking Points Memo

The Trump administration announced Wednesday its proposal to indefinitely detain undocumented migrant families as their court cases proceed, saying detention would serve as a deterrent. The plan must be approved by a federal judge.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1244060

Somebody will get rich in this cruel & inhumane immigration deterrent scheme…
So who owns and how are the contracts in these detention centers awarded?

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UnAmerican, unpatriotic, unChristian, unethical, immoral, and inconsistent with everything this country has professed as its values.

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Guantanamo Bay
right here in the U S of A
muslim terrorists can’t be found?
Latino skin is just as brown

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money in the pockets of private prisons courtesy of the fascistgop. what’s human decency got to do with it.

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attempts like this are the reason the SCOTUS upheld Flores. Oh and if they think theyll go before the SCOTUS to overturn it then trumps unprecedented 2nd article assumption of authority to do so should also be ruled upon by the SCOTUS.

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Now we know what he was trying to distract us with by the blasphemy.

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Hopefully all the detained refugees will be liberated from our concentration camps immediately after the next Democrat takes office.

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Not really. America was founded and built on slavery and genocide. The story of America continues…

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Point taken, which is why I stated “this country has professed.” The sins of our foundations have not been fully admitted, confessed or atoned for.

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Seems a shame just to warehouse these people, only to have them languish away in idle time. Maybe we could put them to use, picking agricultural products. Or holding lanterns at the end of the drive.

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Good Lord. Police and the courts would have better luck referring to suspects in violent crimes as “migrants,” their sentencing would be “indefinite.”

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“There’s no intent to hold families for a long period of time,” Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said in a news conference Wednesday, describing family detention centers as "campus-like settings.”

“So, they call me ‘Concentration Camp McAleenan’ in Berlin, do they?”

(h/t Jack Benny and Mel Brooks)

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Jesus H. Smith! What a day. Fuckery piled upon Fuckery…

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Sort of like being assigned to cover the Washington Redskins.

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Sounds like just what any Concentration Camp Commandant is going to say.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/john-kelly-joins-company-detains-migrant-children

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Inhumane bastard.

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At about 700 bucks a day per child until they reach their late teens is a lot of coin for someone. If anything, those costs will keep going up. not down.

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“The Trump administration announced Wednesday its proposal to indefinitely detain undocumented migrant families as their court cases proceed, saying detention would serve as a deterrent.”

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