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kentuck

(115,722 posts)
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:11 PM Yesterday

Does anyone really know what is going on in the "concentration" camps..?

In New Jersey, the Governor was denied entrance to one of the camps. At the same camp, a US Senator was pepper-sprayed when he tried to enter the place. Does anyone know what is going on behind these barbed enclosures?

Is it possible that someday, like at the end of WWII, someone will open the gates and everyone will be horrified at what we see? Is it possible?

This cannot stand. We must demand to know what is happening in our names.

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Does anyone really know what is going on in the "concentration" camps..? (Original Post) kentuck Yesterday OP
And we don't know what's going on in camps we paid foreign governments to setup overseas bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1
The Congress cannot continue to shrug this off... kentuck Yesterday #3
Good point. Time for the Red Cross to step forward and demand entry. wnylib Yesterday #14
Think of a Russian Gulag from ww2 SSJVegeta Yesterday #2
My grandpa was in one MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #5
Among other things might be the mass executions... SSJVegeta Yesterday #16
That makes sense MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #18
Conditions are said to be appalling in many of them. Irish_Dem Yesterday #4
Rape, inedible food...... MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #6
Murder too. Irish_Dem Yesterday #8
Yes MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #10
It couldn't happen here. kentuck Yesterday #7
It't happening here, and we are funding the concentration camps. Irish_Dem Yesterday #9
K & R malaise Yesterday #11
The should be a gathering of all D Senators at the entrance and demand entry! PuraVidaDreamin Yesterday #12
ALL Senators GoodRaisin Yesterday #13
Statement by Governor Sherrill on Visit to Delaney Hall TheProle Yesterday #15
Murder and malicious mayhem struggle4progress Yesterday #17

bucolic_frolic

(55,993 posts)
1. And we don't know what's going on in camps we paid foreign governments to setup overseas
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:14 PM
Yesterday

This whole thing is done in secrecy. Government police in hoods, camps without access. Has Red Cross been involved? Not that I've heard.

kentuck

(115,722 posts)
3. The Congress cannot continue to shrug this off...
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:17 PM
Yesterday

...as if it doesn't matter. They are accomplices and should stand before a tribunal for their part.

SSJVegeta

(3,218 posts)
2. Think of a Russian Gulag from ww2
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:16 PM
Yesterday

But some of it is much better.


Some of it is much worse.

MustLoveBeagles

(17,576 posts)
5. My grandpa was in one
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:29 PM
Yesterday

The Russians would throw a steak in a ring and watch the prisoners fight for it. I'm sure there was worse things he didn't tell me.

SSJVegeta

(3,218 posts)
16. Among other things might be the mass executions...
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:42 PM
Yesterday

(I have also known somebody who was in one)

MustLoveBeagles

(17,576 posts)
18. That makes sense
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:59 PM
Yesterday

Grandma would only say is that not many made it out alive. There was one guard that would occasionally sneak him a little extra food. He was still only 70 pounds when he was freed. In the early fifties they emigrated to this country with the help of a sponsor. They loved this country so much and would've hated seeing this.

Irish_Dem

(82,617 posts)
4. Conditions are said to be appalling in many of them.
Fri May 29, 2026, 04:29 PM
Yesterday

Deaths, injuries, medical problems, suicide.

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,703 posts)
12. The should be a gathering of all D Senators at the entrance and demand entry!
Fri May 29, 2026, 05:17 PM
Yesterday

I don't know why they haven't done that by now!

TheProle

(4,134 posts)
15. Statement by Governor Sherrill on Visit to Delaney Hall
Fri May 29, 2026, 06:46 PM
Yesterday

Posted on 05/25/2026

NEWARK - Governor Mikie Sherrill released the following statement after visiting Delaney Hall. She is the first sitting Governor to visit the facility.

"My request for access to Delaney Hall was formally denied this morning, raising serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view.

"I have long opposed private detention facilities and will continue to advocate for the closure of Delaney Hall and against any expansion of mass detention facilities in New Jersey, like the proposed facility in Roxbury.

"I came today to hear from families and advocates, and what I heard from them was heartbreaking.

"I will continue to hold ICE accountable, and I remain grateful for the work of our federal delegation, including Senator Kim and Representatives Menendez, Pou, McIver, and Mejia, who joined me today. They have been tireless in using their federal oversight authority to bring accountability to the facility. I will continue working closely with them to demand answers, protect constitutional rights, and ensure humane conditions.

"The people inside Delaney Hall are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, and members of our community. In New Jersey, we believe in the rule of law and that everyone deserves to be treated with basic dignity. We have a duty to safeguard the rights, health, and well-being of everyone within our borders."

https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/2026/20260525a.shtml
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