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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNielsen: Cages for kids are OK because they're 'larger' than dog cages
https://shareblue.com/nielsen-cages-kids-family-separations-larger-dog-cages/?fbclid=IwAR1894kPAuaLNiof-qFdXP2HOMvEHailmXhZmKduH9pVa9U5oOQW47OH-44Nielsen: Cages for kids are OK because theyre larger than dog cages
By Emily Singer -
March 6, 2019
Nielsen said the chain-link pens DHS used to detain migrant children are different from dog cages because they are 'larger' and have 'room to sit, to stand, [and] lay down.'
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's Wednesday testimony on the Trump administration's child separation policy was an unmitigated disaster.
Nielsen showed up to the hearing, which was called by Democrats who now hold the House majority, completely unprepared and unable to defend the practice of ripping migrant children from their parents at the border.
In one truly jaw-dropping exchange with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nielsen tried and failed to explain why the facilities used to house some migrant children were any different from the kinds of cages dogs are kept in.
"What is a chain-link fence, enclosed into a chamber on a concrete floor, represent to you is that a cage?" Watson Coleman asked Nielsen.
"It's a detention space, ma'am, that, you know, has existed for decades," Nielsen replied.
Watson Coleman didn't stop there.
"Does it differ from the cages you put your dogs in when you let them stay outside, is it different?" Watson Coleman continued.
"Yes," Nielsen said.
"In what sense?" Coleman pressed.
That's when Nielsen dropped this doozy: "It's larger, it has facilities, it provides room to sit, to stand, to lay down."
"So did my dog's cage," Coleman replied.
"It's a detention space, ma'am, that, you know, has existed for decades," Nielsen replied.
Watson Coleman didn't stop there.
"Does it differ from the cages you put your dogs in when you let them stay outside, is it different?" Watson Coleman continued.
"Yes," Nielsen said.
"In what sense?" Coleman pressed.
That's when Nielsen dropped this doozy: "It's larger, it has facilities, it provides room to sit, to stand, to lay down."
"So did my dog's cage," Coleman replied.
To Nielsen, apparently, the only thing differentiating the cages used to detain toddlers from the cages in a dog run is that they have toilets and are a little bigger.
Try as she might to defend the Trump administration's inhumane treatment families, Nielsen can only fail.
After all, she's trying to defend the indefensible.
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Nielsen: Cages for kids are OK because they're 'larger' than dog cages (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2019
OP
Then surely she won't mind doing 25-to-life in a cinderblock and steel cage of her own
RockRaven
Mar 2019
#4
This is the person Trump almost fired for being too easy on immigrants.
Bleacher Creature
Mar 2019
#7
2naSalit
(86,502 posts)1. Maybe she needs to
spend a few months in one of those cages.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,839 posts)2. That was my thought as well
TwilightZone
(25,454 posts)3. Well, yes, like a dog. Sit! Heel! Lie Down! Roll over! Play dead!
Well, maybe not the last one.
RockRaven
(14,951 posts)4. Then surely she won't mind doing 25-to-life in a cinderblock and steel cage of her own
for crimes against humanity, right? Okay, if you're sure...
lpbk2713
(42,751 posts)5. What she really wanted to say ...
"They are alright for confining brown kids."
wendyb-NC
(3,319 posts)6. Let's give her one as her new office .
We can hear what she has to say then.
Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)7. This is the person Trump almost fired for being too easy on immigrants.
What have we become?
justhanginon
(3,289 posts)8. This will be America's shame and one of the most shameful
events in our history when the final history books are written. Trump, Nielsen and the republican party plus anyone else whom actively took part in this foul program should be rightfully villified for all time as true purveyors of evil against innocent children.