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riversedge

(70,306 posts)
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 09:14 AM Jun 2018

Just toured Port Isabel ICE Detention Center in TX. It was horrifying, shocking & very eye-opening.

Some stories finally coming out.








Stacey James Retweeted Rep. Lois Frankel

Everyone MUST read this thread! #MothersAgainstInhumanity #BorderCrisis #Resistance #RedHenStrong


Rep. Lois Frankel Verified account @RepLoisFrankel

Just toured Port Isabel ICE Detention Center in TX. It was horrifying, shocking & very eye-opening. Thread to follow....

4:50 PM - 23 Jun 2018


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Rep. Lois Frankel ?Verified account @RepLoisFrankel
15h15 hours ago

We met with 20-30 women who were in hysterics & don't know where their kids are. Some had been there for over a month & haven’t had the option to see a lawyer.
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Rep. Lois Frankel Verified account @RepLoisFrankel
15h15 hours ago

One woman had her child taken on June 6. She was told it would just be for 48 hours because she was going to court. Then her child was gone. Since then she has only spoken to daughter once and doesn’t know where she is.

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Rep. Lois Frankel Verified account @RepLoisFrankel
15h15 hours ago

Other detainees were deported without their kids. Many at the facility are terrified that will happen to them.

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Rep. Lois Frankel Verified account @RepLoisFrankel
15h15 hours ago

Women were dressed in blue jumpers, men in orange. Basically treated as criminals. One woman said she’s been in that same clothing for two weeks.

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Rep. Lois Frankel Verified account @RepLoisFrankel
15h15 hours ago

They are not being updated on the news, and many of the detainees didn't even know about the new Executive Order. They are fed misinformation -- encouraged to fill out paperwork and led to believe they might then be reunited with their kids.

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Rep. Lois Frankel Verified account @RepLoisFrankel
15h15 hours ago

I am horrified by what I have seen in this detention center. It is un-American to secure the border by separating mothers and fathers from their children. We have to reunite these families and do better to give them a humane living situation. What's happening is unacceptable
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sherijr
? @sherijr
15h15 hours ago

Replying to @RepLoisFrankel @SaraLang

It gets more horrible with every new reading of these Congressional visits. Thank you for visiting parents too. We are terrorizing human beings.
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Bella Soul @fashionfunfemme
13h13 hours ago

It does, but we need this dose of reality. This is truly a humanitarian crisis, so time is of the essence. Thank you for sharing their stories @RepLoisFrankel

#SingleStagingAreaNow
#FamiliesBelongTogether
#WhereAretheChildren
#KeepFamiliesTogether
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Just toured Port Isabel ICE Detention Center in TX. It was horrifying, shocking & very eye-opening. (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2018 OP
Kick. Squinch Jun 2018 #1
And again. Squinch Jun 2018 #2
And again. We have to stop this horror. Squinch Jun 2018 #3
K&R and Screammmmmmmmm Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #4
this says it all....NO CAMERAS. NO PICTURES. NO VIDEO. spanone Jun 2018 #5
Indeed. If everything was on the up 'n' up, what would they have to hide? calimary Jun 2018 #10
I would like to see someone try to take away cellphones from our Reps and Senators. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #26
One of the Reps needs to get wired with a covert camera in their eyeglasses or something AdamGG Jun 2018 #31
and I am sure heaven05 Jun 2018 #6
Much worse, kids have no voice, only tears OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #19
Behold the pissed-off mothers. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #24
I have the same question as she has... llmart Jun 2018 #27
This immigration lawyer says chaos is the goal: Amaryllis Jun 2018 #32
Chaos llmart Jun 2018 #34
Kick dalton99a Jun 2018 #7
Kicking! calimary Jun 2018 #8
Kick MoonRiver Jun 2018 #9
Kindercampen - Let Us Prey NBachers Jun 2018 #11
Kick! gademocrat7 Jun 2018 #12
Kick... N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2018 #13
"Austere" detention facilities for over 100,000 planned Hortensis Jun 2018 #14
Sounds as though not fooled Jun 2018 #20
Evil and stupid. I read the other day that, Hortensis Jun 2018 #21
Trump is scum orangecrush Jun 2018 #15
K&R for visibility. lunamagica Jun 2018 #16
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #17
Kicking for exposure. We must stop this horrific practice AND reunite these families !!!!! sueh Jun 2018 #18
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jun 2018 #22
K & R mountain grammy Jun 2018 #23
Children/babies in cages... Donald called them "animals". keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #25
Deplorable, America Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #28
K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #29
Senator Warren bdamomma Jun 2018 #30
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #33

calimary

(81,500 posts)
10. Indeed. If everything was on the up 'n' up, what would they have to hide?
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 10:18 AM
Jun 2018

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Or as Ana Cabrera on "CNN Newsroom" put it earlier today (Sunday the 24th): "If this is what they're willing to show, what AREN'T they willing to show?"


26. I would like to see someone try to take away cellphones from our Reps and Senators.
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:44 PM
Jun 2018

If all the congresscritters pulled out their phones at the same time and defied the operators to take them by threatening a contempt of Congress subpoena, I'd bet we'd get a lot more visual and audio information.

BTW, we still haven't gotten any reports from someone who has seen the girls, and especially the babies. I think those pictures and audio would end this horrible practice forever, and hammer another nail into Trump's coffin.

AdamGG

(1,295 posts)
31. One of the Reps needs to get wired with a covert camera in their eyeglasses or something
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 09:18 PM
Jun 2018

Blow this wide open. The controversy over them facing charges would give the story even more press.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
6. and I am sure
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 10:12 AM
Jun 2018

it is much worse than this for the children!!!!!!!! May right and good triumph over this evil. GOD DAMN these Nazis!!!!!!!!!!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
24. Behold the pissed-off mothers.
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 05:14 PM
Jun 2018

They, if anyone can, will bring tRump to his knees over this issue. I can tell these women will not stop until the children and parents are reunited and I admire them for this work and exposure. May we all support them in every way possible.

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llmart

(15,553 posts)
27. I have the same question as she has...
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 07:41 PM
Jun 2018

What is Trump up to? He's a sick bastard and we have no idea where his mental illness could take him with all this. We cannot wait until it's too late and we're Nazi Germany.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. "Austere" detention facilities for over 100,000 planned
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 11:25 AM
Jun 2018

Last edited Sun Jun 24, 2018, 01:01 PM - Edit history (2)

at military bases. One at the Navy's Concord base in California's Bay Area could hold up to 47,000. There's another of similar size being contemplated, and some other smaller ones are also known at this time.

There may be something like 12 million undocumented people living in the U.S., so they could be filled. These people aren't exactly good at administration, so it's likely they'd be filled for atrocity-long times.

What's concerning me is what would America be by then and who might replace undocumented residents in those camps? Considering recommendations for imprisoning and executing drug abusers, I'm thinking they'd make excellent victims, the more so since anyone could be charged and incarcerated.

We need majorities in congress. And more states.



not fooled

(5,801 posts)
20. Sounds as though
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 12:19 PM
Jun 2018

their plan is to round up and deport 12 million or as close to it as they can get. The "detention facilities" would be used to warehouse undocumented people while their cases are processed. As each individual gets deported another slot opens to allow more raids and apprehensions.

Evil Nazi f*cks.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
21. Evil and stupid. I read the other day that,
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 01:08 PM
Jun 2018

after deporting or blocking entry for most of the seasonal crab processors in 3 states on the Atlantic coast, Americans of course declined to rush to take the jobs. At least they're allowed to decline the jobs now.

But in any case, a Democratic congresswoman or senator for one state, don't remember which, arranged to audit for unused/"lost" work permits that had never been issued and found a bunch. Plus, DHS is now having to issue about 15,000 additional seasonal guest worker visas.

But this is about white nationalism. Not maximizing business profits; perhaps tax breaks for the wealthy are supposed to make up for that. Interesting times.

bdamomma

(63,922 posts)
30. Senator Warren
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 08:29 PM
Jun 2018

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went to visit to in McAllen she was fighting back tears.

You know all this was going on right under our noses, enacted in May 2018. ICE had been very busy stealing little children from their parents, disgusting.

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