Below is a PBS News Hour clip from the Democratic congresspeople’s press conference after visiting the detention center and witnessing the horror of what is going on. This 2 minute video needs to go viral. Rep. Ayanna Pressley describes that horror, makes a moral stand, and looks and sounds like the exact opposite of Trump — a leader with courage, empathy, and passionate morality. Never missing a beat, she makes quick work of the Trump supporters trying to shout her down.
As Americans, what is happening in those detention centers is happening in our name. I am so disturbed by the dehumanizing nature of it all. But I am equally hopeful that this new generation of leaders like Rep. Pressley will lead us out of the moral pit Trump and his people have dragged us into. And restore basic human rights and dignity to the desperate people seeking asylum or refuge at our border.