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In reply to the discussion: Father of Guatemalan girl who died in US custody has 'no complaints' about her treatment, consul say [View all]SunSeeker
(51,302 posts)20. Maybe calling it a concetration camp is too much for you, but the Tornillo camp in Texas is evil.
It was meant to house 400 kids until they could be sent to sponsors. But Trump is having ICE arrest those sponors when they come forward. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-arrested-170-immigrants-seeking-sponsor-migrant-children-n946621
This has denied sponsors to many of of these children, at the same time as Trump has vastly increased the number of children detained, to now over 2,300 kids in the Tornillo camp alone. And unlike Theredienstadt, the CBP won't let international humanitarian organizations in to inspect Tornillo, or even let workers there discuss conditions at the camp. https://www.texastribune.org/2018/11/28/tent-city-texas-migrant-children/
Maybe you are offended, but I get the poster's analogy:
Succumbing to pressure following the deportation of Danish Jews to Theresienstadt, the Germans permitted the International Red Cross to visit in June 1944. It was all an elaborate hoax. The Germans intensified deportations from the ghetto shortly before the visit, and the ghetto itself was "beautified." Gardens were planted, houses painted, and barracks renovated. The Nazis staged social and cultural events for the visiting dignitaries. Once the visit was over, the Germans resumed deportations from Theresienstadt, which did not end until October 1944.
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Father of Guatemalan girl who died in US custody has 'no complaints' about her treatment, consul say [View all]
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
OP
Welcome to DU. Actually there is no evidence of anything, just facts and a child's remains ...
marble falls
Dec 2018
#11
"terrified of going back to a country that is too horrific to even imagine" lol
EX500rider
Dec 2018
#13
It's history does not change the fact that Jamaica & the Bahamas are more dangerous. n/a
EX500rider
Dec 2018
#21
Inaccurate headline. The father wants an investigation & her cause of death determined.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#4
When the facts are in, if it is determined CBP was indeed negligent, I'll be happy to condemn them.
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
#33
You describe yourself as the self-appointed opinion police of progressive opinion on this site.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#38
I see you think you are the only one who can decide when the "full facts" have emerged.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#44
Maybe if they had just granted her a temporary protected status and helped her family ...
marble falls
Dec 2018
#6
Hmmm. An incarcerated father, in a position of total weakness, says his incarcerators...
Honeycombe8
Dec 2018
#16
He was speaking to personnel from his country's consulate. He has no reason to lie to them.
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
#23
So because he was imprisoned, it follows logically that he lied to an official from his consulate?
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
#36
I'm sorry you think that an observation about people playing the Blame Game is "gratuitous."
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
#48
I accept that your opinion is different. You are the one who can't accept others' opinions.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#51
I can absolutely accept that others' opinions differ, and I can absolutely comment on them.
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
#54
You are the one getting "worked up" by people pointing out how wrong and hypocritical you are.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#62
Maybe calling it a concetration camp is too much for you, but the Tornillo camp in Texas is evil.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#20
Per the article, he's at a migrant shelter in El Paso called Annunciation House.
Jedi Guy
Dec 2018
#57