I have an impolite question. Are there feces on the walls?
A week and a half ago Jeff Merkley was denied entrance to a shadowy facility, a former Walmart, with blacked out windows. This facility hosts a thousand children of various ages. Their parents are NOT with them. This facility is run by a private corporation -- a supposed not-for-profit. The CEO for this not-for-profit makes 800,000 dollars in salary.
This private organization, a contractor for a 99 million dollar US government contract, can refuse visits by sitting US senators? They said they need a two week notice?
What are they hiding? Is there vomit on the floor? Are these babies in cages? Are they being fed? Is there a nurse or doctor onsite? Why can’t they have windows?
Are 13 month old babies crying their eyes out for their moms?
Of all the outrages that have happened inside America since GWB got appointed…. this one gets to me. This one makes me lose hope. This one makes me think I do need to buy that self-sustaining farm in Canada and become a hermit.
What can I do? Please give me ideas. I haven’t been able to sleep for two days after reading this story.
I called all my senators and congress people. They say they’ll tweet about it and write press releases. One of them said they shouted about it on the chamber floor. This is NOT enough.
What can I as a powerless non-politician do to fix this?
Please don’t tell me to donate to or join an immigrants rights coalition. I already do that. They aren’t going to save these kids...these kids will be scarred for life...they may become mentally unstable for life.
I want to vomit.