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babylonsister

(171,091 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 08:01 PM Apr 2019

New ICE Chief Said Detention Was 'Like a Summer Camp'

https://politicalwire.com/2019/04/11/new-ice-chief-once-said-detention-was-like-a-summer-camp/

New ICE Chief Said Detention Was ‘Like a Summer Camp’
April 11, 2019 at 7:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard


“The Trump administration has tapped Matthew Albence to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the wake of the sudden resignation of its former leader,” BuzzFeed News reports.

“Albence became better known after his appearance on Capitol Hill on July 31 during which he said that family detention centers were best described as ‘more like a summer camp,’ to the shock of some advocates and politicians.”
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New ICE Chief Said Detention Was 'Like a Summer Camp' (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2019 OP
much like the Stalags of WWII lapfog_1 Apr 2019 #1
Only if you went to a summer prison camp, MineralMan Apr 2019 #2
He misspelled "concentration" unblock Apr 2019 #3
Since it was so much fun... uberblonde Apr 2019 #4
Okay, Republicans who say this, send your kids there for the summer. Flaleftist Apr 2019 #5
An overt nazi. Mc Mike Apr 2019 #6

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
2. Only if you went to a summer prison camp,
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 08:11 PM
Apr 2019

or summer concentration camp. The camps I went to didn't have rooms made of chain link fencing.

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