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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn this day a year ago, *Senator Jeff Merkley,* was refused entry into a McAllen TX detention camp.
If not for him, a lot of us would have never known such places existed in America.
THANK YOU, GOOD SIR
RESPECT
Link to tweet
A U.S. Senator from Oregon was turned away from a detention center for migrant children, including those separated from their parents at the U.S. border under a new immigration policy.
In a Facebook Live video on Sunday, Sen. Jeff Merkley walks up to a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, that has become a center to hold children detained at the border. In the video, he explains that his staff had sought permission to enter the facility, but that permission was declined by Homeland Security.
At the entrance to the facility, where the windows and doors are blacked out, he runs into a woman entering the facility who asks him to leave. He then requests to speak to a supervisor and waits outside for roughly 10 minutes. At that point, the police arrive, and soon after, the supervisor steps out of the facility, only to tell Merkley that he doesnt have permission to talk about the center. Eventually, Merkley is asked to leave.
When an organization has something to hide, not allowing members of congress to see it, in a democracy, is completely unacceptable, Merkley said in an earlier Facebook Live video from the day. Whats going on is an effort to prevent the press from being able to report to the American people what is happening. And thats simply unacceptable.
In a Facebook Live video on Sunday, Sen. Jeff Merkley walks up to a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, that has become a center to hold children detained at the border. In the video, he explains that his staff had sought permission to enter the facility, but that permission was declined by Homeland Security.
At the entrance to the facility, where the windows and doors are blacked out, he runs into a woman entering the facility who asks him to leave. He then requests to speak to a supervisor and waits outside for roughly 10 minutes. At that point, the police arrive, and soon after, the supervisor steps out of the facility, only to tell Merkley that he doesnt have permission to talk about the center. Eventually, Merkley is asked to leave.
When an organization has something to hide, not allowing members of congress to see it, in a democracy, is completely unacceptable, Merkley said in an earlier Facebook Live video from the day. Whats going on is an effort to prevent the press from being able to report to the American people what is happening. And thats simply unacceptable.
more:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/sen-jeff-merkley-turned-away-from-border-facility-for-children.html
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On this day a year ago, *Senator Jeff Merkley,* was refused entry into a McAllen TX detention camp. (Original Post)
Leghorn21
Jul 2019
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dhill926
(16,337 posts)1. and yet here we are, a year later....
and the problem is still there and getting worse...
spanone
(135,831 posts)2. INSANITY.
Thank You Senator
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)3. K&R
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. Thank you, my Senator
It has to start somewhere, and while blocking Merkley last year should have garnered more attention, it appears the secrecy dike has been breached at last, and these crimes against humanity are getting some play.
I hope it doesn't all just last for one or two news cycles, then go away in favor of Ivanka's champagne popsicles.