here in florida. and this is a controversial intake facility for housing immigrant children, and the only of its kind, and the only one of its kind run by a for-profit corporation which is in itself very controversial, and elizabeth warren is discussing the topic and handling of these centers. last friday, i drafted a plan to end the private incarceration of our children in the facilities like this. and part of the reason is because this is wrong. i would end all private incarceration systems. locking people up for money is not what the united states of america should do. and joining me now is al c cardenas and former adviser to jeb bush, and also, a joining us is a lecture from the university of austin, and thank you, both.
unaccompanied and what 2-year-old children would come here unaccompanied? they were separated from the loved ones and we have lost track of them and now look at the condition that the children are living in. wake up, america. we need to have the conscience that made our country great come back to us. and al, you are a passionate spokesman for this, and you and victoria have not gotten traction nor have we as much as we have covered it and all of our colleagues, and these kids now, and it has been going on for a year, but these kids have been without blankets other than the mylar blankets, on concrete floors, and they are kids who put back in clint, and we don t know if they have toothbrushes and toothpaste and soap, because the lawyer from, you know, from hhs was telling the 9th circuit panel of judges this is not part of what they are required to
provide. exactly, and echoing al s point, we are desensitized as a nation, and it takes the jarring images to shake us back into conscious, and aside from the fact that these are inhumane conditions, this is illegal, and we are breaking the law. it is supposed to be 72 hours. tops. 72 hours, and once they are resettled to a facility appropriate for children, they are not supposed to stay there for more than what is necessary. so they are supposed to be resettled immediately in accordance with the flores settlement, and we are in flagrant disagreement under the trump administration, and not only breaking the law, but acting inhumanely as a country who should be doing better. the president absolutely misstated the facts to chuck todd saying that it all started under obama and no separation of children except if