previous to us finding out about it. we had one democratic senator on this network this morning. here is what he said. sdplp this calls on all of us to bring a moral lens to this story. to look another how we re treating families. we should do everything we can to help make sure families don t feel compelled to make that risky trip. once they do, boarder patrol needs to do everything they can to avoid this kind of senseless and needless loss of life. look, there s still a lot we don t know about the investigations. a couple of things jump out. with regard to the secretary s comments this shows the dangers of the journeys of the migrant, to be clear, the journey was over. they were in government custody. and they had been for several days. during the family separation crisis we heard a lot about the
by the federal government in june of this year and it is gigantic, as well. 2,300 people are being held at this brand new facility in texas. that makes it bigger than every single federal prison in the united states except for that one old mega prison in new jersey. but this big, new facility in texas, it is not a federal prison, not technically. what it is, is a giant de facto jail for kids who haven t been found to have committed any crimes. this is the shelter built by the trump administration to detain kids who cross the southern border. it was built in tornillo, texas, during the height of the family separation crisis when the white house realized they didn t have anywhere to put all the kids. this was supposed to be a temporary facility. that s how the white house sold it to the public. they promised they were opening it in june and would be closed by july 13th.
texas. that makes it bigger than every single federal prison in the united states except for that one old mega prison in new jersey. but this big new facility in texas, it is not a federal prison, not technically. what it is, is a giant de facto jail for kids who haven t been found to have committed any crimes. this is the shelter built by the trump administration to detain kids who cross the southern border. it was build in texas during the height of the family separation crisis when the white house realized they didn t have anywhere to put all the kids. this was supposed to be a temporary facility. that s how the white house sold it to the public. they promised they were opening it in june and would be closed by july 13th. now the press has a new report about how the trump administration turned that temporary shelter into a full-blown prison-sized, gigantic detention center for
he was asked about, he said game on. it reveals his mind-set, a giddiness of an aggressor who wants to deploy forces and beat up on people who he sees as subhuman, others. and that has been his mentality when he was the head of i.c.e. he viewed the family separation crisis as a good thing. he framed it as deterrence. we now see migrants coming across to america, family separation did not deter anybody. what he s all about is treating these immigrant people, both in america and across our borders, as something other than equal human beings, depriving them of liberty. there are still many children still separated, the total has come down a tremendous amount, there s 25 in custody, the administration says are not eligible for reunification, 99 in custody, deported parents have chosen not to reunite, at least that s according to the administration. the aclu has been a party to the lawsuit. what is your position on where things stand? it s been painful, but because of us and so many ngo
he s trying to get ronald vitiello confirmed, he help sd oversee the separation of migrant children from their families. here to talk about all those immigration changes, faiz shakir. let s start with the new nominee to head i.c.e., the aclu is opposed. he has years and years of experience in the agency. what s your opposition? he was just on fox news a couple days ago talking about the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the so-called migrant caravan. he said game on. it reveals his mind-set, a giddiness of an aggressor who wants to deploy forces and beat up on people who he sees as subhuman, others. and that has been his mentality when he was the head of i.c.e. he viewed the family separation crisis as a good thing. he framed it as deterrence. we now see migrants coming across to america, family separation did not deter anybody.