"In this instance, Pelosi's normally acute political judgment is failing her.."

[cynara88]

148. I beg to differ

You're right that some Dems are trying, and I may be rabid on the subject, but this is a true outrage, and after so long, there's no excuse for that situation to be allowed to continue. Even if there were no laws to address these conditions, by now, emergency legislation could have been passed, or courts petitioned to put a stop to it.

If the other party wants to allow the abuses to continue, then they should have the integrity to explain their support and be forced to shout it over the voices of our Dems.
Instead, when our officials don't do anything but complain, they allow the bad guys to remain quiet, manufacture lies and make insincere statements of concern for public consumption, while they continue to support this inhumane treatment and the 'man' in charge.

There are laws about how people are handled when in government custody, and at the very least, congress should enforce those laws and standards. They could put a stop to any more people being taken into our custody when we can't care for those we have. They should demand unfettered media access, because the media is the only true watchdog of our government.

I was a teacher, which made me a mandatory reporter of child abuse. I know that (at least in IA) once a report is made and accepted, CPS is REQUIRED to investigate within 1-96 hours, depending upon its urgency.

Those 'detention facilities' are violating all sorts of other rules too--fire codes, health and nutrition guidelines, etc. Even daycares can only have a few children at a time per authorized adult and have to adhere to space requirements. If these were POWs, the Geneva Conventions would mandate better treatment.

Our constitution and Bill of Rights claim that all men (meaning mankind) are created equal and have various rights endowed by their creator. It doesn't say white people or rich people or republicans; it doesn't draw the line at people who have no problems, nor does it specify a nationality or exclude people from sxxt-hole countries. Those documents are the heart and soul of this country, and should remain so.

On the wall of my classroom, I tried to keep (a version of) Pastor Martin Niemoller's confession. He was of course, speaking of the Nazis.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."