Hundreds of children are believed to be held in a former Walmart in Brownsville, TX. There have been numerous reports and court proceedings that indicate wailing children have been separated from their parents by border patrol and ICE. Senior Trump administration officials, including John Kelly and Jeff Sessions have stated that this is being done to punish refugees for seeking sanctuary in the United States. This punitive intent is almost certainly a violation of US and international law, especially the 1951 Refugee Convention, to which the US is a contracting party.
A week ago, Sen. Merkley’s team contacted the Office of Refugee Resettlement and requested an appointment to view the conditions at this facility. They were refused.
Merkely went to the facility to see it anyway, and you can view video of his trip.
A US Senator asked to enter an ICE detention facility, where children were being held by the US government after being forcibly separated from their families. The agency in charge refused and called the cops on the senator.
Once again, the lawless, criminal Trump administration demonstrates its disrespect for the law. This is not a surprise, since Trump’s team believes he is the law.
It remains our position that the President’s actions here, by virtue of his position as the chief law enforcement officer, could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself, and he could, if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired. — www.nytimes.com/...Thank you Senator Merkley for doing what’s right.
Trump and his hangers-on are claiming that it is not possible for Trump to obstruct justice, since it would be “obstructing himself”. Trump is the Law personified, don’t you see.
Trump seems to think that winning a minority of the popular vote makes you an absolute monarch in the USA. That explains why he shits on gold toilets, has a terrible head for business, and a penchant for getting himself into huge debts to criminals.
Thank you Senator Merkley for upholding our values and checking the power of wannabe princelings like Donald Trump.
— @subirgrewal