Trump admin defends inhumane conditions for children at its concentration camps

[SteveRogers]

Here again, Trump admin policy is a continuation of Obama admin policy.  We can thank Trump for getting Democrats to care about it.

The settlement landed back in court in 2015, when class members moved to enforce it following the Obama administration’s announcement that it would scrap bond hearings because they conflicted with newer immigration laws. In legal filings, the class contended the elimination of bond hearings and dirty and dangerous conditions at short-term holding facilities operated by the Border Patrol violated the agreement.

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles granted the class’ motion and ordered the appointment of an independent monitor to ensure government compliance with Flores.

Gee said the administration had breached Flores by failing to provide detainees with adequate food and clean drinking water, or with hygiene items like soap, toothbrushes and towels. She also concluded that the children were being deprived of sleep and access to bathrooms, and were subjected to near-freezing temperatures.

We can always expect the Executive Branch to maximize its discretionary power and minimize the external requirements placed on it, and this has continuity from one administration to the next.  That's why keeping checks and balances healthy and functional is so crucial.

And yet Obama wasn’t purposefully packing these facilities to the brim in the name of “deterrence.” Big difference.

[SteveRogers]

Except that their parents chose to come here.

And, as we all know, there's nothing more freedom-loving American than punishing children for their parents' behavior.

Were not punishing them.

Get your talking points straight. The Trump administration has literally admitted that the purpose of these policies is “deterrence.” The whole point is that it’s punitive.