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15. Wait a minute

Sun Jun 3, 2018, 08:57 PM

Jun 2018

Who called the police on the junior senator from Oregon ? Did they know who he was ? What, exactly, did the police department say to him ? Did they threaten him ? Did he have a security detail with him at the time ? More importantly, WHY did he leave ?

Sir, you are a U S Senator. You have every right to access a government building (unless security demands some higher protocol). You also have an obligation to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this nation. If you suspected that some illegal activity was occurring, why did you leave ? What could the locals have possibly done to you ? Arrest you ? Why not call an immediate press conference right there ?

Sir, I beg of you, AND your collegues, PLEASE someone has GOT to stand up to this dictatorship and their terrorism on immigrant children.

These children have human rights that are being denied with impunity. This has GOT TO STOP. This is NOT who we are.

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Sen Jeff Merkley asked to leave when visiting a facility believed to be housing children taken.... [View all] Roland99 Jun 2018 OP

What a RUMP world we are living in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Jun 2018 #1

Someone on the FB chat said the company name was SouthWest Key Programs. Here is their site Maraya1969 Jun 2018 #21

Good post! This is a Republican administration product Hortensis Jun 2018 #39

This is a travesty. gademocrat7 Jun 2018 #2

OMG!! OMG!!! OMFG!!!! Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #3

But that's the "beauty" of how the GOP does things - it's a private facility. Crash2Parties Jun 2018 #25

RepubMart. Inc. (R) Achilleaze Jun 2018 #43

The Democrats should push to deauthorize any avebury Jun 2018 #46

It's a non profit. 501(c)(3) Roland99 Jun 2018 #50

They ought to lose their 501(d)(3) status. avebury Jun 2018 #56

My thought also: Court Order! NT Duppers Jun 2018 #32

This is a United States Senator.. mountain grammy Jun 2018 #4

K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #5

kick blogslut Jun 2018 #6

I'm at an immigration detention center where children who have been separated from their families ar riversedge Jun 2018 #7

More like Nazis every damn day RandomAccess Jun 2018 #8

I was watching. It should be national news. nolabear Jun 2018 #9

Ka-Boom!!! Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #10

I hope so! ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #16

Senator Merkley we stir this hornets nest Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #20

Please don't use facebook for a way to exchange information! erronis Jun 2018 #11

The link was to Sen. Merkley's Facebook page csziggy Jun 2018 #14

you could just google that senators name and find the same info nini Jun 2018 #26

This deserves a post of its own. we can do it Jun 2018 #33

Your post would be more helpful with offering up alternative links instead Blue_Adept Jun 2018 #36

I agree. This should be on CNN repeatedly until something is done. Oppaloopa Jun 2018 #40

When the Senator himself posted this, he was getting ZERO media attention. pnwmom Jun 2018 #68

Just because you don't use Facebook... llmart Jun 2018 #47

When it is from a real source, like the Senator, and the media won't cover it pnwmom Jun 2018 #67

Ripped away from their parents and warehoused at an old Walmart building. demmiblue Jun 2018 #12

It's so dark in there!!!! Maraya1969 Jun 2018 #13

IT. IS. TORTURE. ...and it IS an international war crime. DemocracyMouse Jun 2018 #23

Wait a minute Haggis for Breakfast Jun 2018 #15

It's a bldg run by a "non-profit" apparently contracted to "manage" these kids Roland99 Jun 2018 #18

Imagine the number of perverts who are managing the kids . What screening process? lunasun Jun 2018 #29

Personal safety Marthe48 Jun 2018 #22

Donald won't let them in the open? keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author TeamPooka Jun 2018 #19

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jun 2018 #24

Holy shit! BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #27

This highlights the importance of having a Senate majority RockRaven Jun 2018 #28

++++ A zillion lunasun Jun 2018 #30

Yes! This! Roland99 Jun 2018 #38

Why weren't there more than one Dem Senator? llmart Jun 2018 #48

Spreading this All Over Oregon McKim Jun 2018 #31

K & R This cannot be allowed to continue!!!! SOULLESS Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #34

YouTube video for those who do not want to go to Facebook: demmiblue Jun 2018 #35

Next time he should bring Obama with him DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #37

Unfortunately, They are Just Getting Started dlk Jun 2018 #41

republicans hiding their ugly, unBiblical War on Families ? Achilleaze Jun 2018 #42

It is Trump's America. Time to wake up. kcr Jun 2018 #44

CNN's doing a long segment now on it, showing him Hortensis Jun 2018 #45

Add this to the list: kentuck Jun 2018 #49

Here's a link to a federal document regarding these detention centers MineralMan Jun 2018 #51

I see ORR can make 1-2 site visits/mo. Unannounced and announced Roland99 Jun 2018 #52

I have no idea, really. MineralMan Jun 2018 #55

Trump could literally sign an EO ordering the kids sold to Traffickers and 1/2 the proceeds being mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #53

Lordy not fooled Jun 2018 #62

The callous disregard for humanity is frightening. If innocent children Enoki33 Jun 2018 #54

A U.S. Senator denied entrance - unbelievable packman Jun 2018 #57

As to ve expected....zero coverage on CNN. MariaCSR Jun 2018 #58

See post #45 Roland99 Jun 2018 #59

I think a legal case zentrum Jun 2018 #60

Cages used to imprison migrants and water protectors in the United States douglas9 Jun 2018 #61

The Brown shirts are living in America . Heil Hitler ! What country do we escape to ? geretogo Jun 2018 #63

Kicking this story again...did you see the blacked out windows? gtar100 Jun 2018 #64

Wasn't the right-wing conspiracy machine pushing this a decade ago? Warren_Pointe Jun 2018 #65

The legislative power is supposed to be equal to the executive! nt tblue37 Jun 2018 #66

Menendez apparently tried a similar attempt with similar results. DHS needs to answer! Roland99 Jun 2018 #69

K and R....nt Stuart G Jun 2018 #70

'Reckless' Sen. Merkley 'spreading blatant lies' in failed attempt to enter immigrant detention ctr Roland99 Jun 2018 #71

He sent this email out this AM and is asking people to sign his petition: Amaryllis Jun 2018 #72