Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Wednesday 7/3 CTA

Wednesday July 3
Trump’s Concentration Camps #TrumpCamps
The inspector general from the Department of Homeland Security released a scathing report about the conditions of the detention centers in Texas. https://int.nyt.com/…/2dd9d40be6a6b0cd3…/optimized/full.pdf…
The report detailed overcrowded, squalid conditions.
Children are being held without beds, clean clothes, showers, hot meals, oh, and their families. Children are not supposed to be held in these facilities for longer than 72 hours. This rule is not being followed and many children have been held for much longer.
Some detainees are being kept in a cell so crowded that there is only room to stand. They are forced to do this for a week. Can you imagine the torture of not being able to sit or lie down for days? Others have been held for a month in concrete cells with no furniture and limited access to restrooms and potable water.
The nutrition is so bad (there are reports of only having bologna sandwiches to eat) that detainees are suffering from constipation and mouth sores.
Detainees are being denied their prescribed medications, even for life-threatening diseases like epilepsy. People inside the camps are denied medical care even though there are groups of doctors outside the camps willing to help.
Communicable diseases like influenza and lice infestations are spreading because of the crowded conditions.
Detainees are seen clamoring and begging for release, some with signs and notes asking for help.
At least six children have died inside these camps.
To make matters worse, ProPublica discovered a secret Facebook group of current and former Border Patrol agents that features posts that joke about migrant deaths, as well as sexist memes and threats towards members of Congress. “One member's reaction to the news of a 16-year old dying in custody: “If he dies, he dies.” Another member's reaction to the photo of a father and his baby daughter dead face down in the Rio Grande river: "have y'all ever seen floaters this clean?" https://www.propublica.org/…/secret-border-patrol-facebook-…
Representative Frederica Wilson is concerned about the treatment of detained adolescent girls. She attempted to go to see the girls in the camps but was prevented entry. https://www.rawstory.com/…/i-dont-trust-people-with-adoles…/
The Judiciary Oversight Committee is planning on having hearings next week over the conditions of these camps.
Trump has announced plans to begin raids, nationwide to deport undocumented families.
Watch this clip from The Rachel Maddow Show -Public pressure on border officials grows as Trump stokes cruelty https://www.msnbc.com/…/public-pressure-on-border-officials… via @msnbc
In case you were wondering, it appears that Minnesota’s GOP is totally on board with housing asylum seekers in concentration camps.
Please don’t stop making noise about this atrocity at our border. Tomorrow, as we celebrate Independence Day, please think about how this country was founded and built with the help of immigrants. Think about our history, and how we’ve mistreated Native Americans, African Americans, and Japanese Americans in the past. Let’s not repeat those mistakes.
https://front.moveon.org/seven-actions-you-can-take-right-…/
Trump Hijacking July 4th Celebrations
Trump has decided to hijack Independence Day celebrations at the Nation’s Capital and make it a campaign rally for himself, including a parade of tanks, fighter jet flyovers, and VIP tickets that the RNC will hand out to big campaign donors. Trump’s pageant will cost millions of dollars and we taxpayers get to foot that bill.
To help pay for Trump’s day honoring himself. The National Park Service will be diverting nearly $2.5 million intended to help improve parks.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/9109a566-9ce0-11e9-b27f-ed…
House Sues Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., sued Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig to obtain six years of President Trump's tax returns. https://www.npr.org/…/house-democrats-sue-for-trumps-tax-re…
Census Citizenship Question- a win for the good guys!
The Trump administration has decided to print the 2020 census forms without a citizenship question, and the printer has been told to start the printing process, Justice Department spokesperson Kelly Laco confirms to NPR. https://www.npr.org/…/trump-administration-to-print-2020-ce…
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