Sunday, February 23, 2020

Conditions at Border Typical of Lower on Republican Hierarchy

Those lowest on the hierarchy, as usual, get the worst of what is desirable.  This situation is particularly obvious when we look at people who Trump and the Republican party put on the bottom of their hierarchies.

A federal judge in Arizona has ruled that conditions at U.S. border holding cells operated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency violated the Constitution. The ruling states that the conditions that migrants and asylum seekers have had to face have been "substantially worse than detainees face upon commitment to either a civil immigration detention facility or even a criminal detention facility, like a jail or prison.

https://www.newsweek.com/judge-says-conditions-us-border-holding-cells-violated-constitution-monumental-ruling-1488281?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR0LLOT0KGIiqQzW1WIGLxneW-8I3dZq5qctpceUXViLh4mIXudd1n3BPgs